# Past Literacy Rates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-literacy-rates/219026>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-literacy-rates/219026 "2003-12-15T00:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![myles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@myles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myles)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-literacy-rates/219026/1 "2003-12-15T00:39:05Z")

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Hello!

I’m looking for any good websites where I can find info on past literacy rates from previous centuries, any charts, or data, on what the theoretical literacy rate of ancient Greece or medieval Europe was? Any info on this on the internet?