Senegal Literacy Rate

Senegal literacy rate for 2023 was 50.36%, a 3.53% increase from 2019.
  • Senegal literacy rate for 2019 was 46.83%, a 0.22% increase from 2018.
  • Senegal literacy rate for 2018 was 46.61%, a 5.29% decline from 2017.
  • Senegal literacy rate for 2017 was 51.90%, a 5.8% increase from 2016.
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: Senegal Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1988 - 2023.