Qatar vs Uruguay: Literacy rates among adults

Qatar

99.3%

in 2024

Uruguay

98.9%

in 2024

Qatar rank

9th

Uruguay rank

10th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Qatar currently reports 99.3% against 98.9% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Uruguay ahead.

Qatar ranks 9th 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.