Country Literacy Rates

COUNTRY	Male	Female	POPULATION	Total literacy rates in Africa	Year
	(%)	(%)	(‘000)	(%)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	97	91	704	94.2	2011
SOUTH AFRICA	94	92	48601	93	2011
SEYCHELLES	91	92	91	91.8	2011
LESOTHO	83	96	1936	89.6	2010
LIBYA	96	83	6002	89.5	2011
GABON	92	86	1640	89	2011
NAMIBIA	89	86	2183	88.8	2010
MAURITIUS	91	87	1322	88.8	2011
SWAZILAND	88	87	1403	87.8	2011
KENYA	91	84	44038	87.4	2010
BOTSWANA	85	86	2128	85.1	2011
CAPE VERDE	90	80	531	84.9	2011
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	90	78	4493	83.8	2003
ZIMBABWE	88	80	13183	83.6	2011
TUNISIA	87	71	10836	79.1	2010
COMOROS	81	71	752	75.5	2011
MALAWI	81	69	16778	74.8	2010
EGYPT	82	66	85294	73.9	2012
UGANDA	83	65	34759	73.2	2010
SUDAN	81	63	34848	71.9	2011
GHANA	78	65	25200	71.5	2010
CAMEROON	78	65	20549	71.3	2010
RWANDA	75	68	12013	71.1	2010
ALGERIA	81	64	38088	69.9	2006
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	80	60	187	69.5	2008
ERITREA	80	59	6234	68.9	2011
DJIBOUTI	78	58	792	67.9	2003
TANZANIA	76	61	48262	67.8	2010
ANGOLA	83	59	18565	67.4	2011
MOROCCO	76	58	32649	67.1	2011
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	77	57	75507	66.8	2010
MADAGASCAR	67	62	22599	64.5	2009
ZAMBIA	72	52	14222	61.4	2007
NIGERIA	72	50	174508	61.3	2010
LIBERIA	65	57	3990	60.8	2010
TOGO	74	48	7154	60.4	2011
BURUNDI	73	62	10888	59.3	2010
MAURITANIA	65	52	3438	58.6	2011
COTE D’IVOIRE	66	48	22401	56.9	2011
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	70	44	5167	56.6	2011
MOZAMBIQUE	71	43	24097	56.1	2010
GUINEA-BISSAU	69	42	1661	55.3	2011
GAMBIA	61	42	1883	51.1	2011
SENEGAL	62	39	13300	49.7	2009
SIERRA LEONE	55	33	5613	43.3	2011
GUINEA	52	30	11176	41	2010
ETHIOPIA	49	29	93877	39	2007
SOMALIA	50	26	10252	37.8	2006
CHAD	46	25	11193	35.4	2011
BENIN	55	18	9877	34.7	2006
MALI	43	25	15969	33.4	2011
BURKINA FASO	38	22	17813	28.7	2007
NIGER	43	15	16899	28.7	2005
SOUTH SUDAN	40	16	11090	27	2009
TOTAL	74	59	1098635	66

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