Timor-Leste literacy rate for 2022 was 69.40%, a 3.62% increase from 2016.
Timor-Leste literacy rate for 2016 was 65.78%, a 1.33% increase from 2015.
Timor-Leste literacy rate for 2015 was 64.45%, a 6.14% increase from 2010.
Timor-Leste literacy rate for 2010 was 58.31%, a 7.71% increase from 2007.
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: Timor-Leste Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 2001 - 2022.