Ghana

Adult literacy in Ghana

Adult literacy in Ghana: 57.9% in 2000 and 76.5% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
76.5%
Since 2000
+18.6 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in GhanaAdult literacy in Ghana: 57.9% in 2000 and 76.5% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGhanaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202176.587.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201764.586.5
2016–86.3
201560.286
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
201071.584.4
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
200057.981.1
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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