Ethiopia Literacy Rate | Chart & Data

Ethiopia Literacy Rate (1994-2017)

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Literacy Rate

Ethiopia literacy rate for 2017 was 51.77%, a 4.28% increase from 2016.

Ethiopia literacy rate for 2016 was 47.49%, a 8.49% 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.

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.