Kuwait vs Vietnam: Literate and illiterate world population

Kuwait

3.5%

in 2020

Vietnam

3.9%

in 2022

Kuwait rank

84th

Vietnam rank

81st

Literate and illiterate world population over time

Vietnam currently reports 3.9% against 3.5% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

Globally, Kuwait ranks 84th and Vietnam ranks 81st 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

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