Madagascar

Adult literacy in Madagascar

Adult literacy in Madagascar: 70.7% in 2000 and 74.7% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
74.7%
Since 2000
+4 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MadagascarAdult literacy in Madagascar: 70.7% in 2000 and 74.7% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 76.7% in 2018, the lowest 70.7% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 76.7% in 2018, the lowest 70.7% in 2000.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMadagascarWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202174.787.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
201876.786.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
201271.684.9
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
200070.781.1
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
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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