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Adult literacy rate, women in Central African Republic

Adult literacy rate, women in the Central African Republic was 27.1% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 56th highest of 58 countries in 2019.

201927.1%
Rank56th of 58Countries ranked
Series high35.32000
Series low8.41975

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Adult literacy rate, women in Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019

01020304019751988200020191975: 8.4 %1988: 20.3 %2000: 35.3 %2019: 27.1 %010203040197520191975: 8.4 %1988: 20.3 %2000: 35.3 %2019: 27.1 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 4 values
Period%
201927.1
200035.3
198820.3
19758.4

Central African Republic compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 97.1 %Armenia: 100 %Azerbaijan: 99.7 %Bangladesh: 71.9 %Burkina Faso: 24.7 %Benin: 38.1 %Brazil: 94.1 %Belarus: 99.9 %Central African Republic: 27.1 %Côte d’Ivoire: 47 %Colombia: 95.5 %Cuba: 96.3 %Dominican Republic: 87.4 %Algeria: 74.2 %Ethiopia: 44.6 %Georgia: 99.9 %Guinea-Bissau: 40.3 %Honduras: 88.7 %India: 67 %Iran: 83.1 %Italy: 99.2 %Cambodia: 84.8 %Lebanon: 89.5 %Sri Lanka: 91.6 %Lesotho: 97.5 %Myanmar: 86.3 %Mongolia: 98.8 %Mexico: 94.6 %Malaysia: 93.7 %Nepal: 59.4 %Panama: 95.4 %Philippines: 96.8 %Pakistan: 46.5 %Palestine: 95.9 %Paraguay: 92.7 %Serbia: 99.1 %Singapore: 96.1 %Sierra Leone: 33.9 %Senegal: 38.5 %Somalia: 53.9 %El Salvador: 87.3 %Chad: 18.6 %Togo: 55 %Thailand: 90.2 %Turkmenistan: 99.7 %Tunisia: 73.7 %Türkiye: 94.4 %Uruguay: 99 %Uzbekistan: 100 %Vietnam: 94.6 %Vanuatu: 92 %Samoa: 97.7 %South Africa: 94.5 %Zimbabwe: 93.4 %
  • Under 47
  • 47 to 84
  • 84 to 92
  • 92 to 95
  • 95 to 99
  • 99 and over
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Adult literacy rate, women, 2019, %. Central African Republic is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women 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.

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.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 female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS) (Adult literacy rate, women, Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS

MLA 9

Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS), Adult literacy rate, women, Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/central-african-republic. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Adult literacy rate, women, Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/central-african-republic.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS), Adult literacy rate, women, Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/central-african-republic (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Literacy rate, adult female, \% of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS): Adult literacy rate, women, Central African Republic, 1975 to 2019}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
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  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-women/central-african-republic. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, \% of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.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, women in Central African Republic?

Adult literacy rate, women in the Central African Republic was 27.1% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 56th highest of 58 countries in 2019.

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

What was the highest adult literacy rate, women in Central African Republic?

35.3% in 2000, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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