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Short school attendance among female students in Africa 2020, by country
Female adult literacy in West Africa is considerably low in some countries. Overall, Chad, Guinea, and Nigeria register the lowest literacy rates in this region. In fact, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest illiteracy rate in the world.