Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Uganda was reported at 80.59 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data was reported at 83.659 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 87.409 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 83.659 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 87.409 % in 2010 and a record low of 69.801 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 70.198 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 73.212 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 70.198 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 73.212 % in 2010 and a record low of 56.107 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Education Statistics. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Uganda was reported at 93.02 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Uganda was reported at 90.64 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 61.970 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 64.591 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 61.970 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64.591 % in 2010 and a record low of 44.827 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Education Statistics. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Adult literacy rate of Uganda rocketed by 16.63% from 69.10 % in 2016 to 80.59 % in 2022. Since the 4.11% fall in 2012, adult literacy rate shot up by 15.13% in 2022. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Uganda was reported at 84.85 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Literacy Rate 2000 per district

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data was reported at 81.654 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 85.471 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 81.130 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.471 % in 2010 and a record low of 63.124 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 79.123 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 82.631 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 79.123 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.631 % in 2010 and a record low of 68.198 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Adult Male: % of Males Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Education Statistics. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Primary Six Literacy Rate 2003

This file contains data on test scores in reading (Leblango and English), oral English and math from students participating in NULP from 2013 to 2017. The dataset consists of 73,441 student-year observations.

Variable description: PupiID: Pupil identifier; allows for identifying students across years. SchoolID: School identifier. Group: Stratification group (School Level) Cc: Coordinating center School_Type: (1) School sampled in 2013 (38 schools); (2) School sampled in 2014 (90 schools); (3) Pure control schools (30 schools). Sample_Type: (1) Student sampled beginning of the year (baseline); (2) Student sampled end of the year (endline). Year: Year when tested Wave: (1) Tested in the beginning if the year (baseline); (2) Tested in the end of the year (endline) Grade_Level: Grade level when tested. Cohort: (1) student sampled in 2013; (2) student sampled in 2014; (3) student sampled in 2015; (4) student sampled in 2016. Stream: Stream Age: Student age. Gender: Student gender Leblango_EGRA*: Early Grade Reading Assessment (Leblango) English_EGRA*: Early Grade Reading Assessment (English). Oral_English*: Oral English scores Math*: Math scores

Literacy is the foundation for an informed, skilled citizenry. But in East Africa, less than 1/3 of pupils possess basic literacy skills. Ugandan children perform the worst; only 44.5 percent pass basic literacy tests. Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data from a Research Triangle Institute survey in northern Uganda in 2009 indicated that 82% of P2 pupils could not read a single word in the local language, compared to 51% of P2 pupils in the central region. Similar to other African countries there are many problems in Uganda's education system, including undertrained teachers, lack of materials and quality methods for teaching literacy, non-existent systems for tracking pupil performance, and parents, communities and local officials that lack the know-how to support and advocate for their children's education. Despite strong mother tongue education policies, due to underdeveloped orthographies and a lack of materials in many languages, implementing successful mother tongue literacy programs poses a significant challenge for African countries, including Uganda. While many educational interventions and literacy programs have been implemented in Africa, impacts have been minimal overall; moving to scale has also proven problematic as program effects reduce further. Since 2010 Mango Tree, a private, locally owned educational tools company, has been piloting a successful early literacy project in one language community in northern Uganda. The main goals of the Mango Tree program include increasing literacy rates, enhancing education quality through improved, effective materials and teachers, and fostering a culture of reading among pupils, parents and communities within a cost-effective and scalable framework. Compelling evidence for the large benefits and cost-effectiveness of the intervention comes from a pilot randomized evaluation of the program conducted by University of Michigan researchers in 2013 and 2014. The Literacy Laboratory Project (LLP) will scale up and evaluate the Mango Tree literacy program, whose model delivers better-quality teacher instruction, access to relevant literacy materials, inclusive approaches to learner assessment, parental and community engagement in schools and strengthening literacy infrastructure so that reading and writing, especially in local languages, becomes a meaningful part of daily life in households and communities. This scale-up will test a piloted and improved model to evaluate its effectiveness and test the mode of program delivery. Under the LLP, researchers from the University of Michigan will conduct a rigorous randomized control trial of the program in the Lango Sub-region over 4 years to measure the effectiveness of the instructional model, teacher training and support supervision innovations and literacy materials and methods on Primary 1- Primary 3 pupils' literacy achievement and explore public-private avenues for scale-up. We will study 128 schools, which are randomly assigned to either the full LLP implemented by Mango Tree's field officers, a partial-program implemented by Government Teacher Tutors, or a control group. The study will also randomize instructional materials to evaluate their contribution to effective teaching. The study will collect a rich set of pupil, parent, teacher, classroom, and school-level longitudinal data. Learning will be measured principally in terms of improvements in EGRA and Early Grade Writing Assessment scores. Our goals are to: 1) demonstrate that big effects on learning are possible (as the 2013 pilot evaluation results point toward); 2) show that with the right combination of training, teaching and learning materials and correct support, teachers can be supported to effectively teach literacy - even in rural, under-resourced, overcrowded classrooms; and 3) to test...

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) in Uganda was reported at 26.31 % in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data was reported at 85.760 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 89.635 % for 2010. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 85.958 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 89.635 % in 2010 and a record low of 77.224 % in 1991. Uganda UG: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (%) in Uganda was reported at 42.04 % in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Uganda UG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data was reported at 0.952 Ratio in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.954 Ratio for 2010. Uganda UG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.930 Ratio from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2012, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.954 Ratio in 2010 and a record low of 0.817 Ratio in 1991. Uganda UG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Literacy rate of Bugiri slumped by 13.24% from 68 % in 1998 to 59 % in 2000. Since the 13.24% drop in 2000, literacy rate remained constant by 0.00% in 2000.

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) in Uganda was reported at 65.91 % in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

59 (%) in 2000.