Rwanda Literacy Rate

Rwanda literacy rate for 2022 was 78.76%, a 1.29% decline from 2020.
  • Rwanda literacy rate for 2020 was 80.05%, a 6.83% increase from 2018.
  • Rwanda literacy rate for 2018 was 73.22%, a 2.42% increase from 2014.
  • Rwanda literacy rate for 2014 was 70.80%, a 2.47% increase from 2012.
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: Rwanda Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1978 - 2022.