Sub-Saharan Africa Literacy Rate 1985-2025

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.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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