16 Most Illiterate Countries in The World

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16. Senegal

Literacy rate: 55.70%

While education in Senegal is free as well as compulsory, the government allows an exception for parents who prefer an Islamic education for their children. This combined with extreme poverty and lack of enforcement of the compulsory education law has seen Senegal’s literacy rate suffer.

16 Most Illiterate Countries in The World

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