If you grew up in a developed country, you took the education luxury for granted and never thought about millions of people around the world who can’t read or write. The World Population Review shares the literacy rate for most countries around the world each year and their 2020 report was published recently.
If you are looking to see which are the most educated countries in Africa in 2020 or the highest literacy rate in Africa, keep reading. In this post, we’ll talk about the top 10 most educated countries in Africa.
1- Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is the most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 1,402,983, Equatorial Guinea has a literacy rate of 95.30%.
2- South Africa
South Africa is the second-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 59,308,690, South Africa has a literacy rate of 94.30%.
3- Seychelles
Seychelles is the third-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 98,347, Seychelles has a literacy rate of 91.80%.
4- Libya
Libya is the fourth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 6,871,292, Libya has a literacy rate of 91.00%.
5- Mauritius
Mauritius is the fifth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 1,271,768, Mauritius has a literacy rate of 90.60%.
6- Botswana
Botswana is the sixth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 2,351,627, Botswana has a literacy rate of 88.50%.
7- Cape Verde
Cape Verde is the seventh-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 555,987, Cape Verde has a literacy rate of 87.60%.
8- Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is the eighth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 14,862,924, Zimbabwe has a literacy rate of 86.50%.
9- Burundi
Burundi is the ninth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 11,890,784, Burundi has a literacy rate of 85.60%.
10- Gabon
Gabon is the tenth-most educated country in Africa.
With a population of 2,225,734, Gabon has a literacy rate of 83.20%.
Good to know! I have friends living in New Guinea. I did not realize that that country has the highest literacy rate – that’s great!
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Right! Equatorial Guinea is an amazing country. I wish people’s life quality improve over there.
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This is interesting to know … my husbands kids live in Cape Town hence my interest. Katie
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That is so cool!
Cape Town is one of my favorite cities in the world!
It’s very beautiful and the weather is always perfect!
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I love the climate too although the children are often saying it’s too hot or too cold!! Kids huh!!
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Well, bring them here in Vancouver and they’ll miss Cape Town’s weather in a heartbeat! 😅
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You’re absolutely right!!
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What happened to yah Uganda 🤦♀️
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Uganda’s rate is at 51%, that’s why it didn’t make it in the top 10 list.
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This is interesting. I am not surprised that Ghana did not make it on the list.
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I was a little surprised tho! I thought Ghana should’ve been there, but who am I to question International reports!?
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Equatorial Guinea most likely has the highest literacy rate because they speak Spanish there. Spanish is very logical language to learn to read because it doesn’t have the maddening variety of vowel sounds (like English for example).
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love this… I recently decided a safari would be on my bucket list in the future but not one that woud break the bank and cost a small fortune… would love to see posts on that too! Thanks,❤️ Cindy
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I’ll definitely come up with one post about affordable safari trips in Africa.
Thanks for the idea!
Personally I love what they offer in Zimbabwe and Kenya!
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Oh Awesome!!! that would be great. all my friends that go have the most lavish of “tents” and accommodations! I’m not gonna lie, I would love that but then there’s the… who’s gonna a pay for it.. lol
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