Gambia

Adult literacy in Gambia

Adult literacy in Gambia: 36.8% in 2000 and 51.6% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
51.6%
Since 2000
+14.8 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GambiaAdult literacy in Gambia: 36.8% in 2000 and 51.6% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 53.2% in 2018, the lowest 36.8% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 53.2% in 2018, the lowest 36.8% in 2000.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGambiaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202151.687.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
201853.286.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201550.886
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
200036.881.1
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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