Eswatini

Adult literacy in Eswatini

Adult literacy in Eswatini: 55.3% in 1976 and 90.8% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
90.8%
Since 1976
+35.4 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in EswatiniAdult literacy in Eswatini: 55.3% in 1976 and 90.8% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEswatiniWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202290.887.4
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
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200081.781.1
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
198667.271.3
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
197655.365.6
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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