Africa Rankings
Literacy Rate
percent
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Seychelles | 95.87% |
2 | 8 |  Equatorial Guinea | 94.37% |
3 | 2 |  Mauritius | 94.29% |
4 | 6 |  Zimbabwe | 93.23% |
5 | 5 |  South Africa | 91.15% |
6 | 7 |  Swaziland | 90.75% |
7 | 4 |  Lesotho | 90.45% |
8 | 11 |  Gabon | 88.86% |
9 | 10 |  Cape Verde | 88.47% |
10 | 9 |  Namibia | 87.64% |
11 | 3 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 87.44% |
12 | 16 |  Botswana | 86.82% |
13 | 12 |  Tunisia | 86.25% |
14 | 24 |  Libya | 86.10% |
15 | 21 |  Kenya | 81.53% |
16 | 25 |  Algeria | 81.41% |
17 | 19 |  Republic of the Congo | 80.30% |
18 | 14 |  Egypt | 79.45% |
19 | 18 |  Rwanda | 78.76% |
20 | 13 |  Tanzania | 78.21% |
21 | 17 |  Uganda | 77.04% |
22 | 30 |  Eritrea | 76.57% |
23 | 20 |  Ghana | 76.49% |
24 | 36 |  Comoros | 75.62% |
25 | 23 |  Madagascar | 74.69% |
26 | 31 |  Morocco | 73.75% |
27 | 28 |  Togo | 72.60% |
28 | 26 |  Cameroon | 72.55% |
29 | 15 |  Zambia | 71.77% |
30 | 27 |  Burundi | 71.34% |
31 | 33 |  Nigeria | 70.41% |
32 | 22 |  Malawi | 70.15% |
33 | 29 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.50% |
34 | 39 |  Guinea-Bissau | 63.93% |
35 | 34 |  Mozambique | 61.67% |
36 | 40 |  Sudan | 60.70% |
37 | 38 |  Ethiopia | 60.46% |
38 | 41 |  Mauritania | 59.53% |
39 | 32 |  Somalia | 54.12% |
40 | 42 |  Gambia | 51.64% |
41 | 45 |  Benin | 51.38% |
42 | 44 |  Senegal | 50.36% |
43 | 37 |  Ivory Coast | 50.00% |
44 | 35 |  Liberia | 48.30% |
45 | 43 |  Sierra Leone | 43.58% |
46 | 47 |  Central African Republic | 42.44% |
47 | 46 |  Burkina Faso | 41.57% |
48 | 49 |  Guinea | 39.62% |
49 | 50 |  Mali | 35.63% |
50 | 48 |  Niger | 35.61% |
51 | 51 |  Chad | 30.63% |