Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - 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 preliminary. 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 male (% of males ages 15 and above) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Libya (2007)94.45
2Zimbabwe (2007)94.07
3Sao Tome and Principe (2007)93.43
4Equatorial Guinea (2000)93.36
5Seychelles (2002)91.41
6Mauritius (2007)90.2
7Gabon (2007)90.19
8Cape Verde (2007)89.38
9South Africa (2007)88.88
10Namibia (2007)88.58
11Tunisia (2007)86.38
12Algeria (2007)84.27
13Angola (2001)82.9
14Botswana (2007)82.79
15Uganda (2007)81.79
16Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)80.91
17Swaziland (2000)80.9
18Zambia (2007)80.75
19Comoros (2007)80.34
20Nigeria (2007)80.08
21Malawi (2007)79.23
22Tanzania (2007)78.96
23Kenya (2000)77.65
24Cameroon (2001)77
25Madagascar (2000)76.53
26Egypt (2006)74.62
27Lesotho (2001)73.7
28Ghana (2007)71.69
29Rwanda (2000)71.44
30Republic of the Congo (1984)71.33
31Sudan (2000)71.13
32Morocco (2007)68.72
33Togo (2000)68.68
34Burundi (2000)67.31
35Eritrea (2002)65.39
36Central African Republic (2000)64.77
37Mauritania (2007)63.3
38Ivory Coast (2000)60.84
39Liberia (2007)60.24
40Mozambique (2007)57.15
41Benin (2007)53.12
42Senegal (2006)52.26
43Sierra Leone (2007)50
44Ethiopia (2004)50
45Chad (2007)43.04
46Niger (2005)42.93
47Guinea (2003)42.56
48Burkina Faso (2007)36.68
49Mali (2006)34.86
50Guinea-Bissau (1979)33.35
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