Adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 85.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

202385.4%

Series high88.52016

Series low80.92001

Adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023

%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.

All 5 values

Period	%
2023	85.4
2018	87.5
2016	88.5
2012	87.9
2001	80.9

Rankings

Countries by adult literacy rate, men 170 places
EU countries by adult literacy rate, men 15 places

Definition

Men aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of men aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS) (Adult literacy rate, men, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS

MLA 9

Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS), Adult literacy rate, men, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/democratic-republic-of-the-congo. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Adult literacy rate, men, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.

Harvard

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS), Adult literacy rate, men, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/democratic-republic-of-the-congo (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{unesco_adult_literacy_rate_men_2023,
  author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
  title = {{Literacy rate, adult male, \% of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS): Adult literacy rate, men, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/democratic-republic-of-the-congo. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult male, \% of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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What is the adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 85.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest adult literacy rate, men in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

88.5% in 2016, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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