Senegal

Adult literacy in Senegal

Adult literacy in Senegal: 26.9% in 1988 and 50.4% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
50.4%
Since 1988
+23.5 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in SenegalAdult literacy in Senegal: 26.9% in 1988 and 50.4% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 51.9% in 2017, the lowest 26.9% in 1988.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 51.9% in 2017, the lowest 26.9% in 1988.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearSenegalWorld
2024–87.7
202350.487.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201946.886.8
201846.686.8
201751.986.5
201646.186.3
201543.686
2014–85.6
201343.585.2
2012–84.9
201151.884.7
2010–84.4
20094883.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
200641.982.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200239.381.7
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
198826.973.6
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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