Angola vs Burkina Faso: Adult literacy
Adult literacy in 2023: 68.2% in Angola and 41.6% in Burkina Faso, by UNESCO estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Angola, by 26.6 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Burkina Faso.
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Watch it change on the map% of adults · UNESCO · log scale
Latest figures
% of adults · UNESCO
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | 68.2 2023 | — |
| Burkina Faso | 41.6 2023 | — |
| World | 87.7 2024 | 85.6 |
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2014.
- The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2023.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Angola | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 68.2 | 41.6 | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | 40.9 | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | 37 | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | 29.7 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | 39.4 | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | 66.2 | – | 86 |
| 2014 | 66 | 34.6 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | – | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | 27.9 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | 22.5 | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | 23.5 | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | 21.8 | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | 67.4 | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | 12.9 | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | 13.6 | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | 8.8 | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time