Sudan

Adult literacy in Sudan

Adult literacy in Sudan: 61.4% in 2000 and 53.5% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2008
53.5%
Since 2000
−7.8 percentage points
World, 2008
83.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in SudanAdult literacy in Sudan: 61.4% in 2000 and 53.5% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 83.5% in 2008.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearSudanWorld
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
200853.583.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200061.481.1
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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