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.
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.