According to UNESCO Burkina Faso it has an adult literacy rate of 39.35%. While the male literacy rate is 49.17%, for females is 31.04%, showing a big gap between the sexes.
Compared to the rest of countries the literacy rate in Burkina Faso is very low.
The literacy rate, has increased in recent years.
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate is an indicator of the quality of education, and Burkina Faso is one of the lowest young literacy rate country.
Here we show you literacy rate in Burkina Faso. You can see also:
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