Congo - Brazzaville

Adult literacy in Congo - Brazzaville

Adult literacy in Congo - Brazzaville: 59.6% in 1984 and 76.1% in 2005, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2005
76.1%
Since 1984
+16.5 percentage points
World, 2005
82.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Congo - BrazzavilleAdult literacy in Congo - Brazzaville: 59.6% in 1984 and 76.1% in 2005, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 82.6% in 2005.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearCongo - BrazzavilleWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
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
200576.182.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
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
198459.670.2
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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