Female adult literacy rate in West Africa 2018, by country

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Jan 30, 2024
The literacy rate among females in Cabo Verde reached 82 percent. Cabo Verde represented the West African country in which the literacy rate among women aged 15 years and over was the highest. On the contrary, the literacy rate in Chad equaled to 14 percent of female adults, the lowest figure in West Africa.

Female adult literacy rate in West Africa in 2018, by country

CharacteristicLiteracy rate
Cabo Verde 82%
Ghana 74%
Nigeria 53%
Togo 51%
Mauritania 43%
Gambia 42%
Côte d'Ivoire 40%
Senegal 40%
Sierra Leone 35%
Liberia 34%
Burkina Faso 33%
Guinea-Bissau 31%
Benin 31%
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April 2020

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2008 to 2018

Age group

15 years and older

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Data is from the latest available year, ranging from 2008 to 2018.

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