Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Literacy rates among adults

Guinea

39.6%

in 2018

Sierra Leone

43.6%

in 2019

Guinea rank

85th

Sierra Leone rank

83rd

Literacy rates among adults over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 43.6% against 39.6% in Guinea, a difference of 4.0%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

Guinea ranks 85th and Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.