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List of Countries with the Highest Literacy Rates in Africa

Here is a list of African countries with high literacy rates. Zimbabwe tops the list as usual 🙂

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Country Literacy Rate
1.
Zimbabwe
90.70
2.
Equatorial Guinea
87.00
3.
South Africa
86.40
4.
Kenya
85.10
5.
Namibia
85.00
6.
Sao Tome and Principe
84.90
7.
Lesotho
84.80
8.
Mauritius
84.40
9.
Congo, Republic of the
83.80
10.
Libya
82.60
11.
Swaziland
81.60
12.
Botswana
81.20
13.
Zambia
80.60
14.
Cape Verde
76.60
15.
Tunisia
74.30
16.
Egypt
71.40
17.
Rwanda
70.40
18.
Algeria
69.90
19.
Tanzania
69.40
20.
Madagascar
68.90
21.
Nigeria
68.00
22.
Cameroon
67.90
23.
Djibouti
67.90
24.
Angola
67.40
25.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
67.20
26.
Uganda
66.80
27.
Gabon
63.20
28.
Malawi
62.70
29.
Sudan
61.10
30.
Togo
60.90
31.
Burundi
59.30
32.
Eritrea
58.60
33.
Ghana
57.90
34.
Liberia
57.50
35.
Comoros
56.50
36.
Morocco
52.30
37.
Mauritania
51.20
38.
Cote d’Ivoire
48.70
39.
Central African Republic
48.60
40.
Mozambique
47.80
41.
Mali
46.40
42.
Ethiopia
42.70
43.
Guinea-Bissau
42.40
44.
Gambia, The
40.10
45.
Senegal
39.30
46.
Somalia
37.80
47.
Sierra Leone
35.10
48.
Benin
34.70
49.
Guinea
29.50
50.
Niger
28.70
51.
Chad
25.70
52.
Burkina Faso
21.80

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