Somalia

Adult literacy in Somalia

Adult literacy in Somalia: 63.7% in 2019 and 54.1% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
54.1%
Since 2019
−9.5 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in SomaliaAdult literacy in Somalia: 63.7% in 2019 and 54.1% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearSomaliaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202254.187.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201963.786.8
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
2005–82.6
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
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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