Adult literacy rate in Africa 2018-2022, by country

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Saifaddin Galal,
Nov 15, 2023
Between 2018 and 2022, Seychelles was the country with the highest adult literacy rate in Africa, at around 96 percent. São Tomé and Príncipe and Namibia followed with a literacy rate of approximately 94 percent and 92 percent, respectively. The average rate on the continent stood at roughly 67 percent. Moreover, Southern Africa had the highest literacy levels among African regions.

Adult literacy rate in Africa between 2018 and 2022, by country

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Release date

October 2023

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2018 to 2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Data as of 2018.
** Data as of 2019.
*** Data as of 2020.
****Data as of 2021.
The adult literacy rate is the share of people aged 15 years and older who can read, write, and understand a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Figures were rounded.

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