Burkina Faso Literacy Rate 1975-2025

Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2022 was 34.49%, a 4.83% increase from 2019.
  • Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2019 was 29.66%, a 9.68% decline from 2018.
  • Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2018 was 39.35%, a 4.75% increase from 2014.
  • Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2014 was 34.60%, a 6.31% increase from 2007.
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.