Malawi Literacy Rate 1987-2021
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Malawi literacy rate for 2015 was 62.14%, a 3% decline from 2014.
- Malawi literacy rate for 2014 was 65.15%, a 3.84% increase from 2010.
- Malawi literacy rate for 2010 was 61.31%, a 2.82% decline from 1998.
- Malawi literacy rate for 1998 was 64.13%, a 15.6% increase from 1987.
| Malawi Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2015 |
62.14% |
-3.00% |
| 2014 |
65.15% |
3.84% |
| 2010 |
61.31% |
-2.82% |
| 1998 |
64.13% |
15.60% |
| 1987 |
48.54% |
15.60% |
