Mozambique vs Nepal: Literacy rates among adults

Mozambique

61.7%

in 2022

Nepal

68.7%

in 2019

Mozambique rank

77th

Nepal rank

74th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Nepal currently reports 68.7% against 61.7% in Mozambique, a difference of 7.0%.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

Mozambique ranks 77th and Nepal ranks 74th 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.