World Development Indicators
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above): Burkina Faso
- Most recent
- 41.5671 (2023)
- Earliest
- 8.83 (1975)
- Highest
- 41.5671 (2023)
- Years reported
- 13 of 49 in the span
- Member state
- Burkina Faso at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 13 of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 for Burkina Faso. The missing 36 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Adult literacy rate |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 41.5671 |
| 2022 | 40.92 |
| 2021 | 36.97 |
| 2019 | 29.66 |
| 2018 | 39.35 |
| 2014 | 34.6 |
| 2007 | 27.88 |
| 2006 | 22.47 |
| 2005 | 23.52 |
| 2003 | 21.82 |
| 1996 | 12.85 |
| 1991 | 13.57 |
| 1975 | 8.83 |
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