Burkina Faso

Adult literacy in Burkina Faso

Adult literacy in Burkina Faso: 8.8% in 1975 and 41.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
41.6%
Since 1975
+32.7 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Burkina FasoAdult literacy in Burkina Faso: 8.8% in 1975 and 41.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2023.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBurkina FasoWorld
2024–87.7
202341.687.6
202240.987.4
20213787.2
2020–87
201929.786.8
201839.486.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201434.685.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
200727.983.1
200622.582.5
200523.582.6
2004–82.6
200321.882.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
199612.977.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199113.675.1
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
19758.865.4

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.

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