Male Literacy Rate

Africa Ranking

ages 15-24Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Libya	99.85	2004	1	99.42
2 ↑	Mauritius	98.74	2018	5	97.69
3 ↓	Seychelles	98.56	2018	2	98.59
4 ↑	Morocco	98.04	2018	9	94.63
5 ↑	South Africa	97.99	2019	10	93.76
6 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	97.71	2018	7	97.12
7 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	97.69	2010	6	97.61
8	Algeria	97.59	2018	8	95.75
8 ↓	Cape Verde	97.59	2015	4	97.87
10 ↓	Tunisia	96.61	2014	3	97.97
11 ↑	Botswana	95.75	2013	14	92.08
12 ↑	Swaziland	94.3	2018	13	92.19
13 ↓	Namibia	94.11	2018	12	93.46
14 ↑	Eritrea	93.82	2018	15	91.29
15 ↑	Ivory Coast	92.82	2019	44	59.12
16 ↑	Ghana	92.76	2018	20	88.31
17 ↓	Zambia	92.56	2018	16	91.2
18	Togo	92.08	2019	18	89.67
19 ↑	Burundi	91.03	2017	27	85.29
20 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90.96	2016	17	91.05
21 ↓	Egypt	89.48	2017	11	93.65
22 ↑	Uganda	88.83	2018	24	85.76
23 ↓	Gabon	88.14	2018	21	87.39
24 ↑	Cameroon	87.72	2018	26	85.4
25 ↓	Kenya	87.59	2018	23	86.94
25 ↓	Zimbabwe	87.59	2014	19	89.59
27 ↓	Tanzania	87.01	2015	22	87.17
28 ↓	Republic of the Congo	85.34	2018	25	85.68
29 ↓	Rwanda	84.33	2018	28	83.81
30 ↑	Nigeria	81.58	2018	32	75.57
31	Madagascar	80.58	2018	31	78.41
32 ↑	Lesotho	79.61	2014	35	74.19
33 ↑	Comoros	78.24	2018	36	73.81
34 ↓	Mozambique	77.26	2017	29	79.07
35 ↑	Senegal	75.58	2017	43	62.83
36 ↑	Ethiopia	73.52	2017	42	62.97
37	Sudan	72.51	2018	37	68.67
38 ↓	Malawi	72.49	2015	30	78.78
39 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	71.25	2014	33	74.8
40 ↓	Mauritania	70.94	2017	34	74.22
41 ↓	Gambia	70.74	2015	38	65.98
42 ↓	Sierra Leone	70.58	2018	39	64.53
43 ↓	Benin	69.76	2018	40	63.94
44 ↑	Guinea	69.64	2018	47	56.97
45 ↓	Liberia	64.96	2017	41	63.45
46	Burkina Faso	63.86	2018	46	56.99
47 ↓	Mali	55.23	2020	45	57.83
48 ↑	Niger	51.07	2018	50	48.56
49	Central African Republic	47.8	2018	49	48.86
50 ↓	Chad	40.69	2016	48	51.84
51	Somalia	15.88	1972	51

Definition of Male 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.