Niger

Adult literacy in Niger

Adult literacy in Niger: 14.4% in 2001 and 35.6% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
35.6%
Since 2001
+21.2 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in NigerAdult literacy in Niger: 14.4% in 2001 and 35.6% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearNigerWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202235.687.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
201833.186.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
20142985.6
2013–85.2
201230.684.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
200528.782.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200114.481.4
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
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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