Mongolia vs Uruguay: Literacy rates among adults

Mongolia

98.6%

in 2024

Uruguay

98.9%

in 2024

Mongolia rank

12th

Uruguay rank

10th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Uruguay currently reports 98.9% against 98.6% in Mongolia, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Mongolia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 10th of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.