Adult literacy
% of people aged 15 and over
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- Countries
- 42 of 54 have data · 12 without data
- Period
- Latest figures range from 2014 to 2024: 7 countries report 2024; 35 report earlier years.
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- World Bank · annual
Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.
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| Rank | Country | Value (%) | Year | Change from previous figure | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare | 94.29% ↑ 1.31 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 1.31 pts | + compare |
| 2 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare | 93.23% | 2019 | — | + compare |
| 3 | 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare | 91.15% ↑ 1.15 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↑ 1.15 pts | + compare |
| 4 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare | 90.75% | 2022 | — | + compare |
| 5 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare | 90.45% ↓ 1.95 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↓ 1.95 pts | + compare |
| 6 | 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare | 88.86% | 2021 | — | + compare |
| 7 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare | 88.47% ↑ 1.68 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↑ 1.68 pts | + compare |
| 8 | 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare | 87.64% ↓ 0.64 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↓ 0.64 pts | + compare |
| 9 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare | 87.44% | 2019 | — | + compare |
| 10 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare | 86.25% ↑ 2.57 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 2.57 pts | + compare |
| 11 | 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare | 79.45% ↓ 2.63 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 2.63 pts | + compare |
| 12 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare | 78.76% ↓ 1.29 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 1.29 pts | + compare |
| 13 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare | 78.21% ↓ 4.03 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 4.03 pts | + compare |
| 14 | 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare | 77.04% ↓ 3.47 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↓ 3.47 pts | + compare |
| 15 | 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare | 76.49% ↑ 12 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 12 pts | + compare |
| 16 | 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare | 75.62% ↑ 1.97 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 1.97 pts | + compare |
| 17 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare | 74.69% ↓ 1.99 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 1.99 pts | + compare |
| 18 | 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare | 72.6% ↑ 6.06 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 6.06 pts | + compare |
| 19 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare | 72.55% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 20 | 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare | 71.77% ↓ 8.21 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↓ 8.21 pts | + compare |
| 21 | 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare | 71.34% ↑ 2.96 pts from previous figure | 2020 | ↑ 2.96 pts | + compare |
| 22 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare | 70.41% ↑ 7.25 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↑ 7.25 pts | + compare |
| 23 | 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare | 70.15% ↓ 6.57 pts from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 6.57 pts | + compare |
| 24 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare | 68.5% ↑ 2.82 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 2.82 pts | + compare |
| 25 | 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare | 68.18% ↑ 1.94 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 1.94 pts | + compare |
| 26 | 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare | 64.26% | 2014 | — | + compare |
| 27 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare | 63.93% ↑ 9.05 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 9.05 pts | + compare |
| 28 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare | 61.67% ↑ 1.89 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 1.89 pts | + compare |
| 29 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare | 60.46% ↑ 5.57 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 5.57 pts | + compare |
| 30 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare | 59.53% ↓ 5.58 pts from previous figure | 2020 | ↓ 5.58 pts | + compare |
| 31 | 🇸🇴 Somalia+ compare | 54.12% ↓ 9.54 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 9.54 pts | + compare |
| 32 | 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare | 51.64% ↓ 1.52 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 1.52 pts | + compare |
| 33 | 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare | 51.38% ↑ 7.55 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 7.55 pts | + compare |
| 34 | 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare | 50.36% ↑ 3.53 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 3.53 pts | + compare |
| 35 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare | 50% ↓ 6.96 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 6.96 pts | + compare |
| 36 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare | 43.58% ↓ 5.23 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 5.23 pts | + compare |
| 37 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare | 42.44% | 2019 | — | + compare |
| 38 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare | 41.57% ↑ 0.65 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↑ 0.65 pts | + compare |
| 39 | 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare | 39.62% ↑ 7.62 pts from previous figure | 2018 | ↑ 7.62 pts | + compare |
| 40 | 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare | 35.63% ↑ 0.16 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↑ 0.16 pts | + compare |
| 41 | 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare | 35.61% ↑ 2.56 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 2.56 pts | + compare |
| 42 | 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare | 30.63% ↑ 8.32 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 8.32 pts | + compare |
| Median | 70.87% | median of shown |
“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.
12 countries have no figure and are not ranked
Algeria, Botswana, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sudan
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