Mozambique

Adult literacy in Mozambique

Adult literacy in Mozambique: 27% in 1980 and 61.7% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
61.7%
Since 1980
+34.7 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MozambiqueAdult literacy in Mozambique: 27% in 1980 and 61.7% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMozambiqueWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202261.787.4
2021–87.2
202059.887
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201760.786.5
2016–86.3
20155686
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200950.683.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
200348.282.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
199738.779.3
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
19802767.8
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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