Togo

Adult literacy in Togo

Adult literacy in Togo: 53.2% in 2000 and 72.6% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
72.6%
Since 2000
+19.4 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in TogoAdult literacy in Togo: 53.2% in 2000 and 72.6% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearTogoWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202272.687.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201966.586.8
2018–86.8
20176186.5
2016–86.3
201563.886
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
201160.484.7
201057.284.4
200957.183.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
200656.982.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200053.281.1
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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