The rate sank from 6.1% in 2019 to 5.6% in 2022. The 0.5 percentage-point shrinkage accounts for 9.6 million nationals aged 15 and older. However, of those aged at least 60, 16% could not read and write last year.
Illiteracy was reported on the wane in Brazil. Among people aged 15 or older, the rate went from 7.2 percent in 2016 to 6.8 percent in 2018. Last year, 11.3 million people could not read or write.