Zambia Literacy Rate 1990-2025

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Literacy Rate

Zambia literacy rate for 2020 was 87.50%, a 4.49% increase from 2010.

Zambia literacy rate for 2010 was 83.01%, a 21.88% increase from 2007.
Zambia literacy rate for 2007 was 61.13%, a 8.02% decline from 2002.
Zambia literacy rate for 2002 was 69.15%, a 1.15% increase from 1999.

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.