Burundi

Adult literacy in Burundi

Adult literacy in Burundi: 22.5% in 1979 and 71.3% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2020
71.3%
Since 1979
+48.8 percentage points
World, 2020
87%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BurundiAdult literacy in Burundi: 22.5% in 1979 and 71.3% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87% in 2020.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBurundiWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202071.387
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201768.486.5
201665.786.3
2015–86
201461.385.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
200848.183.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200059.381.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
199037.474.6
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
197922.567.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

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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