Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

RecordSTO-1BS6JPDABA-0FSRMGE5R9-09AT9G

91.8%

Mauritius · 2012

Literacy rate, adult total in Mauritius (% of people ages 15 and above) was 91.8% in 2012 (World Bank).

Original source

Publisher: World Bank
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Locator: SE.ADT.LITR.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"MUS","date":"2012","indicator.id":"SE.ADT.LITR.ZS"}
Retrieved: 3 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): SE.ADT.LITR.ZS, MU, 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31: 91.7699966430664 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 91.8%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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World Bank. (2012). Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above). Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G

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MLA: World Bank. "Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)." 2012, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G.
Chicago: World Bank. "Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)." 2012. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed October 3, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G.
BibTeX: @misc{worldbank2012literacy09at9g, author = {{World Bank}}, title = {Literacy rate, adult total (\% of people ages 15 and above)}, year = {2012}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?format=json\&per\_page=20000. Accessed October 3, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: World Bank · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: 7312c53c6fbbe0584576f2909e516bca6bbc24e8c7e56a65bea3bc44f8374d80
Response retrieved: 3 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: SE.ADT.LITR.ZS: {"countryiso3code":"MUS","date":"2012","indicator.id":"SE.ADT.LITR.ZS"}
Retrieved: 3 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 3 October 2026
Last revision: 4 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G

Same indicator, other countries

2012 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Azerbaijan	99.8%	World Bank	Open record
Cuba	99.7%	World Bank	Open record
Uruguay	98.4%	World Bank	Open record
Spain	97.9%	World Bank	Open record
Jordan	97.9%	World Bank	Open record
Albania	97.3%	World Bank	Open record
Qatar	96.7%	World Bank	Open record
Singapore	96.4%	World Bank	Open record
Venezuela	96%	World Bank	Open record
Palestine	95.7%	World Bank	Open record
Kuwait	95.5%	World Bank	Open record
Turkiye	94.9%	World Bank	Open record
Bolivia	94.5%	World Bank	Open record
Mexico	94.2%	World Bank	Open record
Paraguay	94.2%	World Bank	Open record

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Record last modified 4 October 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_1BS6JPDABA0FSRMGE5R909AT9G.