China literacy rate for 2020 was 96.74%, a 1.62% increase from 2010.
China literacy rate for 2010 was 95.12%, a 4.2% increase from 2000.
China literacy rate for 2000 was 90.92%, a 13.13% increase from 1990.
China literacy rate for 1990 was 77.79%, a 12.28% increase from 1982.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: China Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1982 - 2020.