Literacy rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 68.5%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 33. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1.33 pp.
2001–2023 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.5 | — |
| 2020 | 65.68 | — |
| 2018 | 73.55 | — |
| 2016 | 77.04 | — |
| 2012 | 75.02 | — |
| 2001 | 67.17 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Democratic Republic of the Congo
68.5
Angola
68.18
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.
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