Eswatini Literacy Rate 1976-2025

Eswatini literacy rate for 2020 was 89.28%, a 6.18% increase from 2010.
  • Eswatini literacy rate for 2010 was 83.10%, a 1.44% increase from 2000.
  • Eswatini literacy rate for 2000 was 81.66%, a 14.42% increase from 1986.
  • Eswatini literacy rate for 1986 was 67.24%, a 11.91% increase from 1976.
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.