African Countries by Literacy Rate

Among the African countries, Seychelles has the highest literacy rate whereas Burkina Faso, Niger, South Sudan and Mali are amongst the countries having lowest literacy rate.

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S.no	Country	Literacy Rate in %
1	Seychelles	91.8
2	Zimbabwe	91.2
3	Namibia	88
4	South Africa	88
5	Sao Tome and Principe	87.9
6	Mauritius	87.4
7	Equatorial Guinea	87
8	Guinea	87
9	Libya	86.8
10	Gabon	86.2
11	Cape Verde	83.8
12	Botswana	82.9
13	Lesotho	82.2
14	Republic of the Congo	81.1
15	Eswatini(Swaziland)	79.6
16	Tunisia	77.7
17	Algeria	75.4
18	Comoros	75.1
19	Kenya	73.6
20	Uganda	73.6
21	Tanzania	72.3
22	Nigeria	72
23	Malawi	71.8
24	Madagascar	70.7
25	Zambia	70.6
26	Djibouti	70.3
27	Cameroon	67.9

S.no	Country	Literacy Rate in %
28	Angola	67.4
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	67.2
30	Eritrea	67.2
31	Egypt	66.4
32	Ghana	65
33	Rwanda	64.9
34	Guinea-Bissau	64.6
35	Sudan	60.9
36	Burundi	59.3
37	Mauritania	55.8
38	Morocco	55.6
39	Togo	53.2
40	Coted'Ivoire	48.7
41	Central African Republic	48.6
42	Mozambique	44.4
43	The Gambia	42.5
44	Senegal	41.9
45	Benin	40.5
46	Sierra Leone	38.1
47	Ethiopia	35.9
48	Chad	31.8
49	Burkina Faso	28.7
50	Niger	28.7
51	South Sudan	27
52	Mali	26.2
53	Liberia	N/A
54	Somalia	N/A

* Source: United Nations Development Programme Report 2009

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