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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
24 August 2005

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
Table 4c - Illiteracy

Country

Year

Illiteracy rate (%), population aged
15 - 24

Illiteracy rate (%), population aged
25 or over

Notes

 

 

W

M

W

M

 

Africa

Algeria

2000-2004

14.4

6.0

 ..

 ..

(1)

Angola

2001

37.4

17.3

 ..

 ..

(2)

Benin

2002

67.5

41.8

 ..

 ..

(3)

Botswana

2000-2004

7.2

14.5

 ..

 ..

(1)

Burkina Faso

1996

86.0

74.5

 ..

 ..

(3)

Burundi

2000

30.5

24.4

 ..

 ..

(2)

Cape Verde

2000-2004

13.7

8.0

 ..

 ..

(1)

Central African Republic

2000

53.2

29.7

 ..

 ..

(2)

Chad

2000

76.9

44.7

 ..

 ..

(2)

Comoros

2000-2004

47.8

34.4

 ..

 ..

(1)

Congo

2000-2004

2.7

1.6

 ..

 ..

(1)

Cote d'Ivoire

2000

48.5

30.5

 ..

 ..

(2)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2000

38.9

23.3

 ..

 ..

(2)

Egypt

1996

33.1

21.0

 ..

 ..

(3)

Equatorial Guinea

2000

6.3

6.1

 ..

 ..

(2)

Ethiopia

2000-2004

48.2

37.0

 ..

 ..

(1)

Kenya

2000

19.3

20.2

 ..

 ..

(2)

Liberia

2000-2004

44.6

13.7

 ..

 ..

(1)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

2000-2004

6.0

0.2

 ..

 ..

(1)

Madagascar

2000

31.9

27.6

 ..

 ..

(2)

Malawi

1998

29.3

17.9

 ..

 ..

(3)

Mali

1998

83.1

67.7

 ..

 ..

(3)

Mauritania

2000

44.5

32.3

 ..

 ..

(3)

Mauritius

2000

4.6

6.3

24.0

13.5

(3)

Morocco

2000-2004

38.7

22.6

 ..

 ..

(1)

Mozambique

2000-2004

50.8

23.4

 ..

 ..

(1)

Namibia

2001

6.5

8.8

 ..

 ..

(3)

Niger

2001

85.8

73.8

 ..

 ..

(3)

Nigeria

2000-2004

13.5

9.3

 ..

 ..

(1)

Réunion

2000-2004

0.3

4.2

 ..

 ..

(1)

Rwanda

2000

24.1

22.8

 ..

 ..

(2)

Senegal

2002

59.0

41.5

 ..

 ..

(4)

Seychelles

2003

0.6

1.2

 ..

 ..

(3)

Sierra Leone

2000

70.1

53.1

 ..

 ..

(2)

South Africa

1996

5.6

6.3

24.0