Adult literacy rate in Namibia is 81.9%. Male literacy is 79.2%. Female literacy is 84.5%. Therefore, male literacy and female literacy differ by 5.3%. Government expenditure on education is 6.4% of GDP. The education index of Namibia is 0.52 - formal education levels in the country are average, but most of the population has a secondary school education at least; higher education is possible and not uncommon. People in Namibia speak the English language.
English language
In Namibia, around 0% of the population or 314,000 people speak English. 14,000 of Namibia's population call English their first language. 300,000 of Namibia's population use English as either foreign or second language.