Adult literacy rate in Cabo Verde
88.5% of adults in Cabo Verde could read and write in 2024.
Cabo Verde, 2024
88.5%
Change from 2015
+1.7percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
Adult literacy rate in Cabo Verde over time
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% of people aged 15 and above. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cabo Verde | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 88.5% | 87.7% |
| 2023 | – | 87.6% |
| 2022 | – | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | – | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | – | 86.8% |
| 2017 | – | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 86.8% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | – | 84.7% |
| 2010 | – | 84.4% |
| 2009 | 82.2% | 83.8% |
| 2008 | – | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | – | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 82.2% |
| 2002 | – | 81.7% |
| 2001 | – | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 86.8% in 2015, a change of +1.7 percentage points.
- Since 1990, when it was 62.8%, the figure has changed by +25.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 87.7%.
More for Cabo Verde
All statistics for Cabo Verde
Primary school enrolment (gross)
103.0%
2022 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
28.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
55.6%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
41.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
66.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
16.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS