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Sub-Saharan Africa Literacy Rate 1960-2024

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.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2022 was 67.72%, a 0.12% increase from 2021.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2021 was 67.59%, a 0.04% increase from 2020.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2020 was 67.55%, a 0.14% increase from 2019.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2019 was 67.41%, a 0.73% increase from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Literacy Rate
North America 98.74%
Latin America & Caribbean 94.60%
World 87.01%
South Asia 74.19%
Sub-Saharan Africa 67.72%
European Union 0.00%
Euro Area 0.00%
East Asia & Pacific 0.00%
OECD members 0.00%
Sub-Saharan Africa Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 67.72% 0.12%
2021 67.59% 0.04%
2020 67.55% 0.14%
2019 67.41% 0.73%
2018 66.68% 1.46%
2017 65.22% 0.36%
2016 64.86% 0.73%
2015 64.13% 0.62%
2014 63.51% 0.68%
2013 62.83% 0.86%
2012 61.97% 1.18%
2011 60.79% 1.58%
2010 59.21% 0.56%
2009 58.65% 0.77%
2008 57.88% 0.16%
2007 57.72% -2.54%
2006 60.26% 1.36%
2005 58.90% -0.97%
2004 59.87% 1.52%
2003 58.35% 0.36%
2002 57.99% 0.49%
2001 57.49% 1.24%
2000 56.25% -1.47%
1999 57.73% 0.86%
1998 56.87% 0.68%
1997 56.19% 0.85%
1996 55.35% 0.62%
1995 54.73% 0.29%
1994 54.43% 0.71%
1993 53.72% 0.55%
1992 53.17% 0.36%
1991 52.81% 0.47%
1990 52.34% 0.65%
1989 51.69% 0.59%
1988 51.10% 0.48%
1987 50.62% 0.63%
1986 49.99% 0.32%
1985 49.67% 49.67%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%