Italy vs Romania: Literate and illiterate world population

Italy

0.7%

in 2019

Romania

0.8%

in 2021

Italy rank

121st

Romania rank

118th

Literate and illiterate world population over time

Romania currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Italy, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

Globally, Italy ranks 121st and Romania ranks 118th of 128 countries.

Indicator: Literate and illiterate world population
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO (1957) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 128 places, 1,272 data points, 1475–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Share of adults who cannot read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.