Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Chad

Literacy rate in Chad in 2019 — 30.63%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 56. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 19.74 pp.

2019 30.63% +8.32 pp vs 2016
World rank 55of 56
Period maximum 30.63%2019
Period minimum 10.89%1993

Trend over time

1993–2019 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Chad, 1993–201910152025303519931996199920022005200820112014201720191993: 10.89%2000: 25.65%2004: 28.38%2016: 22.31%2019: 30.63%
Change over the period: +19.74 pp Annual average: 0.76 pp

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chad

Chad 30.63%
World 86.79%
Literacy rate — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 30.63
2016 22.31
2004 28.38
2000 25.65
1993 10.89

Middle Africa, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.

Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.