Namibia

Adult literacy in Namibia

Adult literacy in Namibia: 75.8% in 1991 and 87.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
87.6%
Since 1991
+11.8 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in NamibiaAdult literacy in Namibia: 75.8% in 1991 and 87.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 88.3% in 2018, the lowest 75.8% in 1991.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 88.3% in 2018, the lowest 75.8% in 1991.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearNamibiaWorld
2024–87.7
202387.687.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
201888.386.8
2017–86.5
201688.186.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
201188.384.7
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
200184.981.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199175.875.1
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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Namibia in numbers

Every measure for Namibia on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment