Cape Verde

Adult literacy in Cape Verde

Adult literacy in Cape Verde: 62.8% in 1990 and 88.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
88.5%
Since 1990
+25.7 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Cape VerdeAdult literacy in Cape Verde: 62.8% in 1990 and 88.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCape VerdeWorld
202488.587.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201586.886
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
201285.384.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200982.283.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
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
199062.874.6
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
1975–65.4

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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