Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2023 was 68.20%, a 0.26% increase from 2022.
Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2022 was 67.94%, a 0.32% increase from 2021.
Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2021 was 67.62%, a 0.01% decline from 2020.
Sub-Saharan Africa literacy rate for 2020 was 67.62%, a 0.18% increase from 2019.
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.