Education · Southern Africa

Eswatini Adult Literacy Rate

90.75%as of 2022Modelled+11.1% vs 2000

Share of people ages 15 and over who can read and write. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 May 2026.

History

most recent 2 periods · UNESCO

2 observations are available since 2000. At least 4 are needed to show a trend chart.

PeriodAdult Literacy Rate
202290.75%
200081.7%

Adult Literacy Rate across Africa

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CountryAdult Literacy RatePeriod
Nigeria70.4%2024
Kenya82.2%2000
South Africa91.2%2024
Egypt79.5%2022
Ghana76.5%2021
Ethiopia60.5%2022

Adult Literacy Rate in every African country

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