Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Education > Adult literacy rate > Total
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Equatorial Guinea | 93 | 2008 | ||
2 | Seychelles | 91.84 | 2008 | ||
3 | Zimbabwe | 91.4 | 2008 | ||
4 | Lesotho | 89.5 | 2008 | ||
5 | South Africa | 89 | 2008 | ||
6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.3 | 2008 | ||
7 | Namibia | 88.2 | 2008 | ||
8 | Mauritius | 87.5 | 2008 | ||
9 | Gabon | 87 | 2008 | ||
=10 | Swaziland | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
=10 | Kenya | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
12 | Cape Verde | 84.1 | 2008 | ||
13 | Botswana | 83.3 | 2008 | ||
14 | Cameroon | 75.9 | 2008 | ||
15 | Uganda | 74.6 | 2008 | ||
16 | Comoros | 73.6 | 2008 | ||
17 | Malawi | 72.8 | 2008 | ||
18 | Tanzania | 72.6 | 2008 | ||
19 | Zambia | 70.7 | 2008 | ||
20 | Madagascar | 70.68 | 2008 | ||
21 | Rwanda | 70.3 | 2008 | ||
22 | Angola | 69.6 | 2008 | ||
23 | Sudan | 69.3 | 2008 | ||
24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.6 | 2008 | ||
25 | Burundi | 65.9 | 2008 | ||
26 | Ghana | 65.8 | 2008 | ||
27 | Eritrea | 65.3 | 2008 | ||
28 | Togo | 64.9 | 2008 | ||
29 | Nigeria | 60.1 | 2008 | ||
30 | Liberia | 58.1 | 2008 | ||
31 | Mauritania | 56.8 | 2008 | ||
=32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.6 | 2008 | ||
=32 | Central African Republic | 54.6 | 2008 | ||
34 | Mozambique | 54 | 2008 | ||
35 | Guinea-Bissau | 51 | 2008 | ||
36 | The Gambia | 45.3 | 2008 | ||
37 | Senegal | 41.89 | 2006 | ||
38 | Benin | 40.8 | 2008 | ||
39 | Sierra Leone | 39.8 | 2008 | ||
40 | Guinea | 38 | 2008 | ||
41 | Ethiopia | 35.9 | 2008 | ||
42 | Chad | 32.7 | 2008 | ||
43 | Burkina Faso | 28.73 | 2007 | ||
44 | Niger | 28.67 | 2005 | ||
45 | Mali | 26.18 | 2006 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Education > Adult literacy rate > Total
- Cuba ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Hot countries in 2008.
- Equatorial Guinea ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2008.
- Tajikistan ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Muslim countries in 2008.
- Estonia ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
- Vietnam ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Former French colonies in 2008.
- Russia ranked 6th last for adult literacy rate > total amongst Former Soviet republics in 2008.
- Slovenia ranked second for adult literacy rate > total amongst Christian countries in 2008.
- Zimbabwe ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Failed states in 2008.
- Antigua and Barbuda ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Former British colonies in 2008.
- Belarus ranked first for adult literacy rate > total amongst Landlocked countries in 2008.