Eritrea

Adult literacy in Eritrea

Adult literacy in Eritrea: 52.5% in 2002 and 64.7% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2008
64.7%
Since 2002
+12.1 percentage points
World, 2008
83.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in EritreaAdult literacy in Eritrea: 52.5% in 2002 and 64.7% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 83.5% in 2008.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEritreaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
200864.783.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200252.581.7
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
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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