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African Human Development Indicators

Country Literacy Rate
(%)
Male		 (%)
Female		 Year
1 Algeria 79.57 60.08 2002
2 Angola 82.92 54.19 2001
3 Benin 47.87 23.30 2002
4 Botswana 80.43 81.81 2003
5 Burkina Faso 31.44 16.62 2005
6 Burundi 67.31 52.24 2000
7 Cameroon 79.19 58.72 2000
8 Central African Republic (CAR) 66.79 35.29 2000
9 Chad 39.37 17.98 2004
10 Comoros 74.51 63.46 2000
11 Congo (Republic of the Congo/Brazaville) 0.00 0.00
12 Côte d'Ivoire 60.86 38.61 2000
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 80.92 54.06 2001
14 Djibouti 0.00 0.00
15 Egypt 83.02 59.36 2005
16 Equatorial Guinea 94.84 81.62 2000
17 Ethiopia 41.94 17.98 2005
18 Gabon 88.37 79.37 2004
19 Gambia, The 48.98 25.06 2000
20 Ghana 66.35 49.79 2000
21 Guinea 42.90 18.24 2003
22 Guinea-Bissau 57.61 27.49 2000
23 Kenya 87.49 77.89 2000
24 Lesotho 80.00 92.05 2000
25 Liberia 61.17 46.87 2004
26 Madagascar 76.54 65.28 2000
27 Mali 32.70 15.90 2003
28 Mauritania 59.54 43.42 2000
29 Mauritius 88.23 80.50 2000
30 Morocco 65.71 39.62 2004
31 Mozambique 65.58 33.19 2003
32 Namibia 86.77 83.49 2001
33 Niger 42.93 15.08 2005
34 Nigeria 66.77 43.32 2003
35 Rwanda 71.42 59.75 2000
36 São Tomé and Príncipe 92.23 77.95 2001
37 Senegal 51.05 29.25 2002
38 Seychelles 91.41 92.26 2002
39 Sierra Leone 46.65 24.16 2004
40 Somalia 0.00 0.00
41 South Africa 84.07 80.93 1996
42 Sudan 71.58 52.15 2000
43 Swaziland 83.15 80.33 2000
44 Togo 68.73 38.45 2000
45 Tunisia 83.39 65.35 2004
46 Uganda 78.30 58.91 2002
47 United Republic of Tanzania 77.51 62.17 2002
48 Zambia 80.91 61.84 2002
49 Zimbabwe 88.89 78.52 1992