Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Education > Adult literacy rate > Female
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 95.1 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Seychelles | 92.26 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 89.1 | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 88.8 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | South Africa | 88.1 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Namibia | 87.7 | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Swaziland | 85.6 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Mauritius | 84.8 | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Botswana | 83.5 | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 83.3 | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Gabon | 83.2 | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Kenya | 82.8 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Cape Verde | 79.3 | 2008 | ||
| =14 | Cameroon | 67.8 | 2008 | ||
| =14 | Comoros | 67.8 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Uganda | 66.8 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Tanzania | 66.3 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Rwanda | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Malawi | 65.8 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Madagascar | 65.26 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Zambia | 61 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Burundi | 59.9 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Sudan | 59.6 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Ghana | 59.3 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Angola | 57 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.1 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Eritrea | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Togo | 53.7 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Liberia | 53 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Mauritania | 49.5 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Nigeria | 48.8 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.3 | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Central African Republic | 41.1 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Mozambique | 40.1 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.5 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | The Gambia | 34.3 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Senegal | 32.99 | 2006 | ||
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 28.9 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Benin | 28.1 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Guinea | 26.4 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Ethiopia | 22.8 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Chad | 21.9 | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 21.58 | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Mali | 18.19 | 2006 | ||
| 45 | Niger | 15.08 | 2005 |
