Tonga vs Uruguay: Literacy rates among adults

Tonga

99.5%

in 2023

Uruguay

98.9%

in 2024

Tonga rank

7th

Uruguay rank

10th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Tonga currently reports 99.5% against 98.9% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Tonga ahead.

Tonga ranks 7th 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.