Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Togo

Literacy rate in Togo in 2022 — 72.6%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 45. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.42 pp.

2022 72.6% +6.06 pp vs 2019
World rank 36of 45
Period maximum 72.6%2022
Period minimum 53.18%2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Togo, 2000–2022505560657075200020032006200920122015201820212000: 53.18%2006: 56.89%2009: 57.09%2010: 57.2%2011: 60.41%2015: 63.75%2017: 60.95%2019: 66.54%2022: 72.6%
Change over the period: +19.42 pp Annual average: 0.88 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Togo 72.6%
World 87.39%
Literacy rate — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 72.6
2019 66.54
2017 60.95
2015 63.75
2011 60.41 +3.21 pp
2010 57.2 +0.11 pp
2009 57.09
2006 56.89
2000 53.18

Western Africa, 2022

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.