Congo - Kinshasa

Adult literacy in Congo - Kinshasa

Adult literacy in Congo - Kinshasa: 67.2% in 2001 and 68.5% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
68.5%
Since 2001
+1.3 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Congo - KinshasaAdult literacy in Congo - Kinshasa: 67.2% in 2001 and 68.5% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 77% in 2016, the lowest 65.7% in 2020.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 77% in 2016, the lowest 65.7% in 2020.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCongo - KinshasaWorld
2024–87.7
202368.587.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202065.787
2019–86.8
201873.686.8
2017–86.5
20167786.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
20127584.9
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
200167.281.4
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
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
1975–65.4

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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