According to UNESCO Ethiopia it has an adult literacy rate of 29.82%. While the male literacy rate is 41.94%, for females is 17.98%, showing a big gap between the sexes.
Compared to the rest of countries the literacy rate in Ethiopia is very low.
The literacy rate,has dropped in recent years.
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate is an indicator of the quality of education, and Ethiopia is one of the lowest young literacy rate country.
Here we show you literacy rate in Ethiopia. You can see also:
- Literacy rate in other countries: ranking of literacy rate
- Government expenditure on education in Ethiopia
- Economic information about Ethiopia: Ethiopia's economy