Uganda

Adult literacy in Uganda

Adult literacy in Uganda: 56.1% in 1991 and 77% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
77%
Since 1991
+20.9 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in UgandaAdult literacy in Uganda: 56.1% in 1991 and 77% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 80.5% in 2023, the lowest 56.1% in 1991.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 80.5% in 2023, the lowest 56.1% in 1991.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearUgandaWorld
20247787.7
202380.587.6
2022–87.4
202179.187.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
201669.186.3
2015–86
201468.585.6
2013–85.2
201270.284.9
2011–84.7
201073.284.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
200671.482.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200268.181.7
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
199156.175.1
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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