Democratic Republic of Congo literacy rate for 2023 was 68.50%, a 2.82% increase from 2020.
Democratic Republic of Congo literacy rate for 2020 was 65.68%, a 7.87% decline from 2018.
Democratic Republic of Congo literacy rate for 2018 was 73.55%, a 3.49% decline from 2016.
Democratic Republic of Congo literacy rate for 2016 was 77.04%, a 2.02% increase from 2012.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Democratic Republic of Congo Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 2001 - 2023.