Guinea-Bissau

Adult literacy in Guinea-Bissau

Adult literacy in Guinea-Bissau: 20% in 1979 and 63.9% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
63.9%
Since 1979
+44 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Guinea-BissauAdult literacy in Guinea-Bissau: 20% in 1979 and 63.9% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearGuinea-BissauWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202263.987.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201954.986.8
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
200041.481.1
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
19792067.2
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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