Latin America and Caribbean Compared by People > Literacy > Total population

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Literacy, which includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
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Gibraltar: above 80% (2013)

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Cuba	99.8%	2013
2	Barbados	99.7%	2013
3	Antigua and Barbuda	99%	2013
4	Cayman Islands	98.9%	2013
5	Trinidad and Tobago	98.8%	2013
6	Chile	98.6%	2013
7	Uruguay	98.1%	2013
8	Bermuda	98%	2013
9	Argentina	97.9%	2013
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.8%	2013
11	Aruba	96.8%	2013
12	Costa Rica	96.3%	2013
=13	Grenada	96%	2013
=13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96%	2013
15	The Bahamas	95.6%	2013
16	Venezuela	95.5%	2013
17	Suriname	94.7%	2013
18	Panama	94.1%	2013
19	Dominica	94%	2013
20	Paraguay	93.9%	2013
21	Colombia	93.6%	2013
22	Mexico	93.5%	2013
23	Guyana	91.8%	2013
24	Ecuador	91.6%	2013
25	Bolivia	91.2%	2013
26	Brazil	90.4%	2013
=27	Saint Lucia	90.1%	2013
=27	Dominican Republic	90.1%	2013
29	Peru	89.6%	2013
30	Jamaica	87%	2013
31	Honduras	85.1%	2013
32	El Salvador	84.5%	2013
33	Nicaragua	78%	2013
34	Belize	76.9%	2013
35	Guatemala	75.9%	2013
36	Haiti	48.7%	2013

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