Literacy rates among adults in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Literacy rates among adults was 88.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Cape Verde, 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 88.5% for literacy rates among adults in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Cape Verde peaked at 88.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.8%, in 1990.
Cape Verde ranks 50th of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.8% | 62.8% | 62.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 82.2% | 82.2% | 82.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 85.3% | 86.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 88.5% | 88.5% | 88.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More education data for Cape Verde
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 3,031 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Cape Verde?
- Literacy rates among adults in Cape Verde was 88.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.8% in 1990.
- How does Cape Verde rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Cape Verde ranks 50th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.