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

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2002)92.26
2Lesotho (2001)90.3
3Zimbabwe (2007)88.33
4Namibia (2007)87.37
5South Africa (2007)87.16
6Mauritius (2007)84.7
7Botswana (2007)82.91
8Sao Tome and Principe (2007)82.68
9Gabon (2007)82.18
10Equatorial Guinea (2000)80.46
11Cape Verde (2007)78.85
12Libya (2007)78.44
13Swaziland (2000)78.35
14Kenya (2000)70.23
15Comoros (2007)69.83
16Tunisia (2007)69.04
17Algeria (2007)66.43
18Tanzania (2007)65.86
19Uganda (2007)65.51
20Madagascar (2000)65.26
21Malawi (2007)64.62
22Nigeria (2007)64.1
23Zambia (2007)60.75
24Cameroon (2001)59.8
25Rwanda (2000)59.76
26Ghana (2007)58.26
27Egypt (2006)57.81
28Angola (2001)54.21
29Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)54.07
30Burundi (2000)52.24
31Sudan (2000)51.78
32Liberia (2007)50.89
33Republic of the Congo (1984)49
34Mauritania (2007)48.28
35Morocco (2007)43.22
36Eritrea (2002)40.22
37Ivory Coast (2000)38.62
38Togo (2000)38.46
39Central African Republic (2000)33.5
40Senegal (2006)32.99
41Mozambique (2007)32.95
42Benin (2007)27.93
43Sierra Leone (2007)26.77
44Ethiopia (2004)22.8
45Burkina Faso (2007)21.58
46Chad (2007)20.84
47Mali (2006)18.19
48Guinea (2003)18.11
49Niger (2005)15.08
50Guinea-Bissau (1979)8.59
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