AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LITERACY AND ILLITERACY

  Education has become a barometer to measure the level of development in our modern society. The importance of education has grown rapidly in the Last century in Africa. It has become a standard to measure the development of the  modern African society. In Africa, every citizen of a particular country believes that the country the live in offers the best opportunity for education or feels that their might still be room for improvement.
                                              
  In terms of literacy level in Africa, some countries are way ahead of others. The question now is, what does it mean for a country to be literate? Well, literacy can be defined as the ability of a sizeable population in a country to be able to read and write. Which African countries has the highest level of literacy? The UNESCO Institute of statistics on behalf of UNESCO releases estimate of literacy level for countries all over the world. The estimate is based on people aged 15 or over who can read and write. The data collection involves using surveys. The report showed that illiteracy is generally higher in Africa and Asia. 
                                               
  The survey calculated the overall literacy level for a particular country, the literacy level for both male and female and also the gender difference for each country. Only 49 African countries were included in the survey, although UNESCO  did not publish the report for Djibouti and Somalia even though the were included in the survey. 
    The report showed that equatorial Guinea has the highest level of overall  literacy  in Africa with 95.3 percent of the population able to read and write and is followed by South Africa and Libya with 94.3 percent and 91.0 percent respectively. For literacy level among male alone, Equatorial Guinea still has the highest level of literacy among men with 97.4 percent and is closely followed by Libya with 96.7 percent and South Africa with 95.5 percent. 
   The report also showed that literacy level among women in Africa  is generally lower compared to Men. South Africa has the highest level of literacy among women in Africa with 93.1 percent of the women able to read and write and is closely followed by Equatorial Guinea and Botswana with literacy levels of 93.0 percent and 88.0 percent. 
    However, on the other end of the line, Niger has the highest level of illiteracy in Africa. Only 19.1 percent of the general population can read and write. Illiteracy among male alone stands at 27.3 percent and 11 percent among women. 
 Here is list of the top 10 countries with the highest level of literacy :
    Rank            country                            level of literacy 
  1.                 Equatorial Guinea                95.3%
  2.                 South Africa                           94.3%
  3.                 Libya                                       91.0%
  4.                 Mauritius                               90.6%
  5.                 Botswana                               88.5%
  6.                 Cape Verde                            87.6%
  7.                 Swaziland                              87.5%
  8.                 Zimbabwe                              86.5%
  9.                 Gabon                                     83.2%
  10.                 Tunisia                                   81.8%         
 Here is the list of top 10 countries with the lowest literacy levels:
   Rank            country                              level of literacy 
  1.                Niger                                       19.1%
  2.                Guinea                                    30.4%
  3.               S. Sudan                                   31.9%
  4.               Burkina faso                           36.0%
  5.               CAR                                           36.8%
  6.               Benin                                        38.4%
  7.               Mali                                          38.7%
  8.               Chad                                         40.2%
  9.               Ivory Coast                              43.11% 
  10.              Liberia                                       47.6%

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