Burkina Faso

Literacy Rate

39.35
percent
Dec 75Dec 91Dec 96Dec 03Dec 05Dec 06Dec 07Dec 14Dec 180.00025.0050.0075.00100.00
  • Burkina Faso
  • Global Median
Source: IMF

Global Ranking

147
Liberia48.3
149
Sierra Leone43.21
150
Benin42.36
151
Guinea39.62
152
Burkina Faso39.35
154
Afghanistan37.27
155
Niger35.05
156
Mali30.76
157
Chad22.31

Africa Ranking

41
Liberia48.3
44
Benin42.36
45
Guinea39.62
48
Niger35.05
49
Mali30.76
50
Chad22.31
51
Somalia5.4

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Definition of Literacy Rate

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

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