Ethiopia Literacy Rate 1994-2025

Ethiopia literacy rate for 2017 was 51.77%, a 12.78% increase from 2007.
  • Ethiopia literacy rate for 2007 was 39.00%, a 9.18% increase from 2005.
  • Ethiopia literacy rate for 2005 was 29.82%, a 6.08% decline from 2004.
  • Ethiopia literacy rate for 2004 was 35.90%, a 8.89% increase from 1994.
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.