Literacy rates among adults in Venezuela
Venezuela: Literacy rates among adults was 97.2% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Venezuela, 1981–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, literacy rates among adults in Venezuela stood at 97.2%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Venezuela peaked at 97.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 84.7%, in 1981.
Venezuela ranks 24th of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.7% | 84.7% | 84.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 89.8% | 89.8% | 89.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.7% | 93.0% | 95.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 94.8% | 97.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More education data for Venezuela
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 113.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 352,723 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.08 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 116.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Venezuela?
- Literacy rates among adults in Venezuela was 97.2% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 97.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.7% in 1981.
- How does Venezuela rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Venezuela ranks 24th out of 89 countries with data for 2017.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.