World Development Indicators
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above): Benin
- Most recent
- 51.38 (2022)
- Earliest
- 16.48 (1979)
- Highest
- 51.38 (2022)
- Years reported
- 9 of 44 in the span
- Member state
- Benin at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 9 of the 44 years between 1979 and 2022 for Benin. The missing 35 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Adult literacy rate |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.38 |
| 2021 | 43.83 |
| 2019 | 49 |
| 2017 | 38.87 |
| 2013 | 45.08 |
| 2011 | 44.6881 |
| 2002 | 34.66 |
| 1992 | 27.25 |
| 1979 | 16.48 |
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