Adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 68.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001 to 2023
All 6 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.5 |
| 2020 | 65.7 |
| 2018 | 73.6 |
| 2016 | 77 |
| 2012 | 75 |
| 2001 | 67.2 |
Rankings
Definition
People aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population 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 total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 68.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
77% in 2016, the highest value since 2001 in this series.