Adult literacy rate in Mozambique
61.7% of adults in Mozambique could read and write in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Mozambique, 2022
61.7%
Change from 2020
+1.9percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
Position in 2022
40th of 45
Adult literacy rate in Mozambique 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 | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 87.7% |
| 2023 | – | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 61.7% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 59.8% | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | – | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 60.7% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 56.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | – | 84.9% |
| 2011 | – | 84.7% |
| 2010 | – | 84.4% |
| 2009 | 50.6% | 83.8% |
| 2008 | – | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | – | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 48.2% | 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 59.8% in 2020, a change of +1.9 percentage points.
- Since 1980, when it was 27.0%, the figure has changed by +34.7 percentage points.
- Among the 45 countries with data for 2022, Mozambique has the 40th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 87.4%.
More for Mozambique
All statistics for Mozambique
Primary school enrolment (gross)
119.2%
2022 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
54.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
27.9%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
17.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
1.0%
2022 · UNESCO UIS