Uganda Literacy Rate

Uganda literacy rate for 2024 was 77.04%, a 3.47% decline from 2023.
  • Uganda literacy rate for 2023 was 80.51%, a 1.46% increase from 2021.
  • Uganda literacy rate for 2021 was 79.05%, a 9.95% increase from 2016.
  • Uganda literacy rate for 2016 was 69.10%, a 0.59% increase from 2014.
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: Uganda Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2024.