Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Sudan

Literacy rate in Sudan in 2008 — 53.52%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 32. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.83 pp.

2008 53.52% −7.83 pp vs 2000
World rank 30of 32
Period maximum 61.35%2000
Period minimum 53.52%2008

Trend over time

2000–2008 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Sudan, 2000–20085254565860622000200120022003200420052006200720082000: 61.35%2008: 53.52%
Change over the period: −7.83 pp Annual average: -0.98 pp

Comparison, 2008

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

Sudan 53.52%
World 83.48%
Literacy rate — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2008 53.52
2000 61.35

Northern Africa, 2008

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.