Rwanda

Adult literacy in Rwanda

Adult literacy in Rwanda: 38.2% in 1978 and 78.8% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
78.8%
Since 1978
+40.5 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in RwandaAdult literacy in Rwanda: 38.2% in 1978 and 78.8% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 80.1% in 2020, the lowest 38.2% in 1978.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 80.1% in 2020, the lowest 38.2% in 1978.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearRwandaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202278.887.4
2021–87.2
202080.187
2019–86.8
201873.286.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201470.885.6
2013–85.2
201268.384.9
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
200064.981.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199157.975.1
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
197838.266.5
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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