Comoros

Adult literacy in Comoros

Adult literacy in Comoros: 47.9% in 1980 and 75.6% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
75.6%
Since 1980
+27.7 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%

% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in ComorosAdult literacy in Comoros: 47.9% in 1980 and 75.6% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearComorosWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202175.687.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201473.785.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200068.381.1
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
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
198047.967.8
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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Comoros in numbers