How many illiterate people in Africa?

Answer 1

Here's a list of adult literacy rates of African countries and the census year. Since most of them are outdated, in most cases the literacy rates have increased over the years. But according to this list, the top 5 African countries with the highest adult literacy rate:

1 - Seychelles - 91.8% (2002 est.)

2 - Zimbabwe - 90.7%(2003 est.)

3 - South Africa - 86.4% (2003 est.)

4 - Kenya - 85.1% (2003 est.)

5 - Namibia - 85% (2001 est.)

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Algeria - 69.9% (2002 est.)

Angola - 67.4% (2001 est.)

Benin - 34.7% (2002 est.)

Botswana - 81.2% (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso - 21.8% (2003 est.)

Burundi - 59.3% (2000 est.)

Cameroon - 67.9% (2001 est.)

Cape Verde - 76.6% (2003 est.)

Central African Republic - 48.6% (2000 est.)

Chad - 25.7% (2000 est.)

Comoros - 56.5% (2003 est.)

Republic of Congo - 83.8% (2003 est.)

Democratic Republic of Congo - 67.2% (2001 est.)

Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - 48.7% (2000 est.)

Djibouti - 67.9% (2003 est.)

Egypt - 71.4% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea - 87% (2000 est.)

Eritrea - 58.6% (2003 est.)

Ethiopia - 42.7% (2003 est.)

Gabon - 63.2% (1995 est.)

Gambia - 40.1% (2003 est.)

Ghana - 57.9% (2000 est.)

Guinea - 29.5% (2003 est.)

Guinea Bissau - 42.4% (2003 est.)

Kenya - 85.1% (2003 est.)

Lesotho - 84.8% (2003 est.)

Liberia - 57.5% (2003 est.)

Libya - 82.6% (2003 est.)

Madagascar - 68.9% (2003 est.)

Malawi - 62.7% (2003 est.)

Mali - 46.4% (2003 est.)

Mauritania - 51.2% (2000 est.)

Mauritius - 84.4% (2000 est.)

Morocco - 52.3% (2004 est.)

Mozambique - (2003 est.)

Namibia - 85% (2001 est.)

Niger - 28.7% (2005 est.)

Nigeria - 68% (2003 est.)

Rwanda - 70.4% (2003 est.)

Sao Tome et Principe - 84.9% (2001 est.)

Senegal - 39.3% (2002 est.)

Seychelles - 91.8% (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone - 35.1% (2004 est.)

Somalia - 37.8% (2001 est.)

South Africa - 86.4% (2003 est.)

Sudan - 61.1% (2003 est.)

Swaziland - 81.6% (2003 est.)

Tanzania - 69.4% (2002 est.)

Togo - 60.9% (2003 est.)

Tunisia - 74.3% (2004 est.)

Uganda - 66.8% (2002 est.)

Western Sahara - N/A

Zambia - 80.6% (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe - 90.7%(2003 est.)

Answer 2

India's literacy rate stands at 74.4 percent.

Answer 3

Fifteen years and over that can read and write 78% male and 81% female. In the North of Kenya, the literacy rate is 100% male and female.

Answer 4

Literacy rates are low in the some parts of Africa because of a lack of schools. It is very difficult to travel the necessary miles that sometimes separates schools.

Answer 5

88.0%, according to Wikipedia...

The CIA World Factbook has them at 86.4%...

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Answer 6

no

Answer 7

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