Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)91.84
2Zimbabwe (2007)91.17
3South Africa (2007)88
4Namibia (2007)87.96
5Sao Tome and Principe (2007)87.93
6Mauritius (2007)87.41
7Equatorial Guinea (2000)86.99
8Libya (2007)86.78
9Gabon (2007)86.17
10Cape Verde (2007)83.78
11Botswana (2007)82.85
12Lesotho (2001)82.22
13Swaziland (2000)79.56
14Tunisia (2007)77.7
15Algeria (2007)75.39
16Comoros (2007)75.06
17Kenya (2000)73.61
18Uganda (2007)73.6
19Tanzania (2007)72.31
20Nigeria (2007)72.01
21Malawi (2007)71.79
22Madagascar (2000)70.68
23Zambia (2007)70.64
24Cameroon (2001)67.9
25Angola (2001)67.41
26Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)67.17
27Egypt (2006)66.37
28Ghana (2007)65.03
29Rwanda (2000)64.9
30Sudan (2000)60.93
31Republic of the Congo (1984)59.62
32Burundi (2000)59.3
33Mauritania (2007)55.8
34Morocco (2007)55.58
35Liberia (2007)55.55
36Togo (2000)53.16
37Eritrea (2002)52.51
38Ivory Coast (2000)48.73
39Central African Republic (2000)48.57
40Mozambique (2007)44.38
41Senegal (2006)41.89
42Benin (2007)40.54
43Sierra Leone (2007)38.09
44Ethiopia (2004)35.9
45Chad (2007)31.76
46Guinea (2003)29.48
47Burkina Faso (2007)28.73
48Niger (2005)28.67
49Mali (2006)26.18
50Guinea-Bissau (1979)19.96
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