In 2022, the rate of adult literacy as share of the country's population 15 years and above in Guatemala increased by two percentage points (+2.47 percent) compared to 2018. Therefore, the rate of adult literacy in Guatemala reached a peak in 2022 with 83.03 percent. Over the observed period, the rate of adult literacy has been subject to fluctuation.The adult literacy rate refers to the share of individuals aged 15 years and older who can read and write as well as understand simple expressions about their daily lives.

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Guatemala was reported at 83.03 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Guatemala - Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Guatemala: Literacy rate: The latest value from 2022 is 83.03 percent, an increase from 81 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 80.97 percent, based on data from 54 countries. Historically, the average for Guatemala from 1994 to 2022 is 76.65 percent. The minimum value, 64 percent, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 83.03 percent was recorded in 2022.

The youth literacy rate (people aged 15-24) in Guatemala stood at 94.98 percent in 2022. Between 1994 and 2022, the youth literacy rate rose by 18.98 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Guatemala was reported at 95.86 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Guatemala - Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 81.286 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 77.039 % for 2013. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 77.039 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2014, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.286 % in 2014 and a record low of 64.212 % in 1994. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

The literacy rate of people ages 15 years and over in Guatemala was estimated at approximately 83.03 percent in 2022. Between 1994 and 2022, the rate rose by around 19.03 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Guatemala was reported at 88.36 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Guatemala - Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Guatemala: Female literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2022 is 94.21 percent, an increase from 94 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 90.04 percent, based on data from 65 countries. Historically, the average for Guatemala from 1994 to 2022 is 86.58 percent. The minimum value, 71 percent, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 94.21 percent was recorded in 2022.

Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data was reported at 95.482 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 94.182 % for 2013. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 94.182 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2014, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.482 % in 2014 and a record low of 81.721 % in 1994. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 86.756 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 82.721 % for 2013. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 82.721 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2014, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 86.756 % in 2014 and a record low of 71.706 % in 1994. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Guatemala was reported at 94.21 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Guatemala - Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 76.371 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 72.128 % for 2013. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 72.128 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2014, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.371 % in 2014 and a record low of 57.293 % in 1994. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) in Guatemala was reported at 0.98284 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Guatemala - Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data was reported at 93.269 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 89.770 % for 2013. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 89.770 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2014, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.269 % in 2014 and a record low of 70.722 % in 1994. Guatemala GT: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Guatemala: Male literacy rate, ages 15-24: Pour cet indicateur, UNESCO fournit des données pour la Guatemala de 1994 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Guatemala pendant cette période était de 91.85 pour cent avec un minimum de 82 pour cent en 1994 et un maximum de 96.67 pour cent en 2015.

Save the Children is implementing Leer Juntos, a USAID-funded three-year project targeting rural, indigenous communities in Guatemala and Peru with the objective of improving children's early grade mother tongue reading skills. Leer Juntos, Aprender Juntos is part of the LAC READS family of USAID projects that applies rigorous evaluation to glean learning about the best ways to teach children to learn.

83,03 (%) in 2022. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.

This survey was designed to provide a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the operations and impact of the Hogares Comunitarios program, a day care program under the auspices of the office of the First Lady of Guatemala. Two surveys were carried out: a random sample of 1340 households in one municipio of Guatemala City; and an impact evaluation sample of 550 households divided into participating and control households. Topics in the random sample survey include mother's income and employment status and history; assets; social capital; literacy and schooling; children under seven and mother's anthropometry; household composition, child care arrangements; family history; and hygiene spot check. Topics in the impact evaluation sample survey include household income; employment; household value of consumed goods; assets; social capital; literacy and schooling; morbidity of children 2-5 years old; anthropometry of 2-5 year olds and mother; household composition; child care arrangements; hamily history; hygiene spot check; house construction material; availability of water, sanitation, garbage-removal services; and child's diet. This dataset, along with the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Survey dataset and the Bangladesh Commercial Vegetable and Fish Polyculture Production dataset, were collected with the objective of examining to what extent intrahousehold allocation processes would affect the outcome of development policies, with particular emphasis on gender as a determinant of intrahousehold allocation. Because the data were designed to make some analyses comparable across countries, several modules are si milar for all three datasets. The common modules include: information on assets at marriage of husband and wife, family background information, individual education and anthropometric data. Other modules are different because each country study has a different emphasis. See Table 1 (PDF 65K) for a comparison of these datasets.

GT：性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁在12-01-2014达0.977Ratio，相较于12-01-2013的0.953Ratio有所增长。GT：性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁数据按年更新，12-01-1994至12-01-2014期间平均值为0.953Ratio，共5份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2014，达0.977Ratio，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1994，为0.865Ratio。CEIC提供的GT：性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的危地马拉 – 表 GT.世行.WDI：教育统计。