Adult literacy rate of Chad dropped by 10.93% from 30.6 % in 2019 to 27.3 % in 2022. Since the 7.69% jump in 2004, adult literacy rate went down by 2.57% in 2022. Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 27.280 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.628 % for 2019. Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 26.003 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2022, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.628 % in 2019 and a record low of 11.000 % in 1993. Chad TD: 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 Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: 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 (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

Historical dataset showing Chad literacy rate by year from 1993 to 2022.

The literacy rate among females in Cabo Verde reached 82 percent. Cabo Verde represented the West African country in which the literacy rate among women aged 15 years and over was the highest. On the contrary, the literacy rate in Chad equaled to 14 percent of female adults, the lowest figure in West Africa.

Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 18.870 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.643 % for 2019. Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 14.000 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2022, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.870 % in 2022 and a record low of 5.000 % in 1993. Chad TD: 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 Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: 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 (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

As of 2023, Chad had the lowest female literacy rate worldwide, with only **** percent of the female population able to read and write. Only two of the ** countries with the lowest literacy rates were non-Sub-Saharan countries.

Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data was reported at 30.640 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.320 % for 2019. Chad TD: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 24.497 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.320 % in 2019 and a record low of 9.000 % in 1993. Chad TD: 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 Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: 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 (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

TD: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data was reported at 13.890 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.080 % for 2015. TD: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data is updated yearly, averaging 18.145 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2016, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.004 % in 2011 and a record low of 8.757 % in 2013. TD: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.;;

TD: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: Female: % of Cohort data was reported at 74.914 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.611 % for 2016. TD: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: Female: % of Cohort data is updated yearly, averaging 30.853 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 74.914 % in 2017 and a record low of 14.006 % in 1994. TD: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: Female: % of Cohort data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

TD: Trained Teachers in Preprimary Education: Female: % of Female Teachers data was reported at 78.793 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 80.073 % for 2022. TD: Trained Teachers in Preprimary Education: Female: % of Female Teachers data is updated yearly, averaging 69.721 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2023, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80.073 % in 2022 and a record low of 27.100 % in 2016. TD: Trained Teachers in Preprimary Education: Female: % of Female Teachers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Trained teachers in preprimary education are the percentage of preprimary school teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching in a given country.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

TD: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Primary and Secondary School Enrollment: Gross data was reported at 0.752 Ratio in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.728 Ratio for 2019. TD: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Primary and Secondary School Enrollment: Gross data is updated yearly, averaging 0.600 Ratio from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2021, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.752 Ratio in 2021 and a record low of 0.309 Ratio in 1972. TD: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Primary and Secondary School Enrollment: Gross data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary and secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed October 24, 2022. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

According to a study from 2020, African countries, and in particular West-African countries, have some of the shortest school attendance among female students worldwide. In Liberia, female scholars attended school on average for 2.3 years, the lowest level in Africa and globally. Niger recorded the second-lowest education participation in terms of duration, with 2.6 years.

Female adult literacy in West Africa is considerably low in some countries. Overall, Chad, Guinea, and Nigeria register the lowest literacy rates in this region. In fact, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest illiteracy rate in the world.

TD: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Secondary data was reported at 27.134 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 27.452 Ratio for 2015. TD: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 33.823 Ratio from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.886 Ratio in 2002 and a record low of 27.134 Ratio in 2016. TD: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.;Weighted average;

Healthcare seeking for childhood illnesses across independent variables.

非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比在12-01-2022达36.070%，相较于12-01-2019的45.135%有所下降。非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1993至12-01-2022期间平均值为38.000%，共7份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2019，达45.135%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1993，为17.000%。CEIC提供的非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的乍得 – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics。

性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁在12-01-2022达0.740Ratio，相较于12-01-2019的0.592Ratio有所增长。性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁数据按年更新，12-01-1993至12-01-2022期间平均值为0.592Ratio，共7份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2016，达1.000Ratio，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2000，为0.000Ratio。CEIC提供的性别对等指数（GPI）：非文盲率：青年15-24岁数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的乍得 – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics。