Benin literacy rate for 2022 was 51.38%, a 7.55% increase from 2021.
Benin literacy rate for 2021 was 43.83%, a 5.17% decline from 2019.
Benin literacy rate for 2019 was 49.00%, a 10.13% increase from 2017.
Benin literacy rate for 2017 was 38.87%, a 6.21% decline from 2013.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Benin Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1979 - 2022.