Macro Indicators · SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) data
Unweighted average of the 13 countries reporting in 2022
65.2% of people ages 15 and above
-13% on 2012. Country values run from 35.6 to 90.8 % of people ages 15 and above. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 52
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 247
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
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Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · % of people ages 15 and above · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tunisia
3 countries · 25 years · 247 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % of people ages 15 and above
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal SN | — | — | 39.3 | — | — | — | 41.9 | — | — | 48 | — | 51.8 | — | 43.5 | — | 43.6 | 46.1 | 51.9 | 46.6 | 46.8 | — | — | — | 50.4 | — |
| South Africa ZA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88.7 | — | 92.9 | 92.9 | 93.1 | 93.7 | — | 94.1 | 94.4 | 91.7 | — | — | 95 | — | 90 | — | — | 91.2 |
| Tunisia TN | — | — | — | — | 74.3 | — | — | 77.2 | 77.7 | — | 79.1 | 79.7 | 80.2 | — | 79 | — | — | — | 79.5 | 80.6 | — | 83.7 | — | 86.3 | — |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
- Unit
- % of people ages 15 and above
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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