Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2023 was 41.57%, a 0.65% increase from 2022.
Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2022 was 40.92%, a 3.95% increase from 2021.
Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2021 was 36.97%, a 7.31% increase from 2019.
Burkina Faso literacy rate for 2019 was 29.66%, a 9.69% decline from 2018.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Burkina Faso Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1975 - 2023.