Cameroon Literacy Rate

Cameroon literacy rate for 2018 was 72.55%, a 1.36% increase from 2010.
  • Cameroon literacy rate for 2010 was 71.19%, a 0.51% increase from 2007.
  • Cameroon literacy rate for 2007 was 70.68%, a 2.27% increase from 2000.
  • Cameroon literacy rate for 2000 was 68.41%, a 27.19% increase from 1976.
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: Cameroon Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1976 - 2018.