Pillar 1: Digital Skills
Pillar1(Digital Skills)
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54 countries. Average Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%): 0.692444.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)
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| Country | Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)weight 0.05 | ICT skills in the education systemweight 0.2 | Share of female graduates in STEM coursesweight 0.1 | GitHub’s African Developer Populationweight 0.2 | Institutions of higher learning teaching AI/Machine Learningweight 0.15 | AI Technology Diffusionweight 0.1 | Human Capitalweight 0.15 | AI Sector Maturityweight 0.05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 0.7 | 36.65 | No Data | 1794519 | 75 | 44.23 | 48.9 | 28.79 |
| Ghana | 0.765 | 42.04 | 0.22 | 328387 | 22 | 47.92 | 34.23 | 22.57 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 58 | No Data | 91364 | 3 | 41.3 | 43.25 | 15.06 |
| Benin | 0.51 | 46.04 | 0.299 | 66467 | 1 | 38.16 | 34.57 | 12.68 |
| Kenya | 0.815 | 64.43 | No Data | 678197 | 21 | 47.99 | 47.06 | 17.41 |
| Rwanda | 0.732 | 57.72 | 0.343 | 87857 | 7 | 44.34 | 37.61 | 11.94 |
| Ethiopia | 0.549 | 0 | No Data | 251351 | 16 | 45.22 | 56.79 | 20.25 |
| Uganda | 0.765 | 0 | No Data | 147165 | 10 | 41.99 | 25.59 | 1.61 |
| Morocco | 0.738 | 57.1 | 0.43 | 906406 | 7 | 53.7 | 29.75 | 14.44 |
| Egypt | 0.712 | 48.56 | 0.385 | 1626418 | 40 | 59.25 | 59.86 | 29.87 |
| Tunisia | 0.818 | 68.62 | 0.538 | 420582 | 11 | 47.88 | 53.54 | 15.64 |
| Algeria | 0.814 | 54.5 | 0.511 | 586990 | 22 | 52.21 | 33.86 | 20.1 |
| Cameroon | 0.771 | 46.28 | 0.246 | 139140 | 6 | 33.69 | 46.14 | 13.2 |
| Gabon | 0.89 | 0 | No Data | 16223 | 2 | 38.3 | 25.28 | 3.25 |
| Angola | 0.711 | 0 | No Data | 81314 | 4 | 15.4 | 25.9 | 4.37 |
| DRC | 0.77 | 0 | 0.251 | 66438 | 2 | 30.66 | 43.18 | 3.25 |
| South Africa | 0.9 | 29.27 | 0.492 | 1058997 | 24 | 54.78 | 41.09 | 21.3 |
| Mauritius | 0.922 | 40.62 | 0.361 | 50296 | 2 | 41.74 | 67.38 | 14.45 |
| Botswana | 0.885 | 53.22 | 0.406 | 30651 | 3 | 38.15 | 22.95 | 23.75 |
| Namibia | 0.923 | 24.84 | 0.388 | 22072 | 2 | 26.3 | 49.4 | 13.76 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.42 | 0 | 0.351 | 33834 | 4 | 12.92 | 34.17 | 2.27 |
| Burundi | 0.684 | 0 | 0.262 | 9617 | 4 | 13.64 | 23.29 | 2.77 |
| Cabo Verde | 0.88 | 54.54 | 0.424 | 7526 | 3 | 13.92 | 17.33 | 5.53 |
| Central African Republic | 0.42 | 0 | No Data | 868 | 1 | 10.78 | 16.75 | 3.25 |
| Chad | 0.31 | 0 | 0.173 | 6676 | 3 | 14.99 | 14.34 | 3.25 |
| Comoros | 0.796 | 0 | No Data | 1194 | 1 | 14.03 | 15 | 3.25 |
| Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) | 0.76 | 0 | 0.251 | 18243 | 1 | 36.06 | 21.37 | 1.42 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.899 | 64.55 | No Data | 112935 | 3 | 41.97 | 36.22 | 11.22 |
| Djibouti | 0.68 | 0 | No Data | 5867 | 1 | 30.55 | 36.29 | 6.9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.94 | 0 | No Data | 2289 | 1 | 14.03 | 23.86 | 3.25 |
| Eritrea | 0.766 | 0 | 0.278 | 1628 | 1 | 35.78 | 13.1 | 3.25 |
| Eswatini | 0.884 | 0 | No Data | 7975 | 1 | 10.78 | 20.26 | 3.25 |
| Gambia | 0.52 | 0 | 0.246 | 8554 | 3 | 10.78 | 19.24 | 3.25 |
| Guinea | 0.4 | 0 | No Data | 15644 | 4 | 14.03 | 21.64 | 2.31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.64 | 0 | No Data | 1521 | 2 | 14.03 | 16.64 | 3.25 |
| Lesotho | 0.794 | 14.91 | 0.248 | 10459 | 2 | 12.52 | 28.63 | 13.11 |
| Liberia | 0.59 | 0 | No Data | 11954 | 1 | 7.34 | 20.9 | 3.25 |
| Libya | 0.91 | 0 | No Data | 73665 | 5 | 25.22 | 28.51 | 6.9 |
| Madagascar | 0.748 | 0 | 0.337 | 81275 | 2 | 10.65 | 26.12 | 2.24 |
| Malawi | 0.621 | 50.97 | No Data | 35746 | 2 | 37.9 | 22.93 | 0.79 |
| Mali | 0.36 | 54.96 | No Data | 21292 | 1 | 37.97 | 19.46 | 2.23 |
| Mauritania | 0.6 | 0 | 0.332 | 16255 | 1 | 11.38 | 36.73 | 3.9 |
| Mozambique | 0.607 | 0 | 0.293 | 48751 | 2 | 14.02 | 21.3 | 2.16 |
| Niger | 0.36 | 0 | 0.162 | 9598 | 2 | 10.78 | 16.96 | 2.18 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.938 | 0 | No Data | 859 | 1 | 14.03 | 15.08 | 3.25 |
| Seychelles | 0.96 | 0 | 0.325 | 26777 | 2 | 13.6 | 22.49 | 2.37 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.44 | 0 | No Data | 16670 | 4 | 1.21 | 30.81 | 3.25 |
| Somalia | 0.05 | 0 | No Data | 72309 | 4 | 37.58 | 19.19 | 13.25 |
| South Sudan | 0.345 | 0 | No Data | 7034 | 1 | 14.03 | 19.73 | 3.25 |
| Sudan | 0.607 | 0 | No Data | 49732 | 8 | 15.82 | 19.75 | 3.25 |
| Tanzania | 0.779 | 45.46 | 0.324 | 121146 | 9 | 47.63 | 21.86 | 20.96 |
| Togo | 0.73 | 0 | No Data | 40421 | 2 | 13.16 | 23.05 | 2.95 |
| Zambia | 0.867 | 42.11 | No Data | 64531 | 3 | 37.79 | 34.12 | 21.26 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.897 | 53.27 | No Data | 84670 | 7 | 35.79 | 23.17 | 13.27 |