Female Literacy Rate

Africa Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Seychelles	99.6	2018	1	99.38
2 ↑	Libya	99.4	2004	7	96.3
3 ↓	Mauritius	99.35	2018	2	98.58
4 ↑	Botswana	99.14	2013	9	95.6
5 ↓	South Africa	98.83	2019	4	96.88
6 ↓	Cape Verde	98.73	2015	3	98.4
7 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	98.3	2010	5	96.62
8 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	97.85	2018	6	96.35
9 ↑	Morocco	97.4	2018	17	87.78
10 ↑	Algeria	97.25	2018	14	91.74
11	Swaziland	96.7	2018	11	94.75
12 ↓	Namibia	96.2	2018	10	95.35
13 ↓	Tunisia	95.8	2014	8	95.72
14 ↓	Lesotho	93.97	2014	13	92.09
15 ↓	Zimbabwe	93.19	2014	12	92.12
16 ↑	Eritrea	92.71	2018	23	82.58
17 ↑	Ghana	92.21	2018	22	83.23
18	Zambia	91.63	2018	18	86.51
19 ↓	Gabon	91.45	2018	16	89.43
20 ↑	Uganda	89.95	2018	24	81.65
21 ↓	Rwanda	88.5	2018	19	86.26
22 ↓	Kenya	88.08	2018	20	86.14
23 ↓	Egypt	86.81	2017	15	90.33
24 ↑	Burundi	85.62	2017	30	74.96
25 ↓	Tanzania	84.64	2015	21	84.85
26 ↓	Togo	84.01	2019	25	78.37
27 ↑	Cameroon	82.41	2018	28	76.42
28 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	79.71	2016	27	76.66
29	Madagascar	79.18	2018	29	75.3
30 ↓	Republic of the Congo	78.74	2018	26	76.95
31 ↑	Comoros	78.3	2018	32	69.6
32 ↑	Ivory Coast	76.41	2019	40	47.04
33 ↑	Sudan	73.49	2018	34	62.72
34 ↓	Malawi	73.39	2015	31	73.33
35 ↑	Ethiopia	71.97	2017	40	47.04
36	Nigeria	68.26	2018	36	57.95
37 ↓	Mozambique	65.49	2017	35	62.67
38 ↓	Gambia	64.45	2015	37	56.12
39 ↓	Senegal	63.5	2017	38	51.15
40 ↓	Sierra Leone	62.7	2018	39	50.86
41 ↓	Mauritania	56.76	2017	33	68.05
42 ↑	Burkina Faso	54.45	2018	43	43.99
43 ↑	Benin	51.94	2018	45	40.94
44 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	49.76	2014	42	45.9
45 ↑	Liberia	45.64	2017	47	37.17
46	Guinea	43.47	2018	46	37.21
47 ↓	Mali	38.45	2020	44	43.4
48	Niger	35.56	2018	48	31.64
49	Central African Republic	28.71	2018	49	26.97
50	Chad	22.39	2016	50	25.99
51	Somalia	10.46	1972	51

Definition of Female Literacy Rate

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.