Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+ (All Arab Countries, 1991-2021)
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
128
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Iraq | 74.05 |
| 2012 | Iraq | 77.2 |
| 2013 | Iraq | 72.7 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 82.2 |
| 2016 | Iraq | 83.3 |
| 2017 | Iraq | 85.6 |
| 2003 | Oman | 81.36 |
| 2008 | Oman | 86.62 |
| 2014 | Oman | 91.98 |
| 2016 | Oman | 94.9 |
| 2017 | Oman | 95.58 |
| 2018 | Oman | 95.65 |
| 2000 | Sudan | 61.35 |
| 2008 | Sudan | 53.52 |
| 2018 | Sudan | 60.7 |
| 2000 | Comoros | 68.49 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 49.2 |
| 2018 | Comoros | 58.82 |
| 2021 | Comoros | 61.99 |
| 2007 | Lebanon | 89.61 |
| 2009 | Lebanon | 91.18 |
| 2018 | Lebanon | 95.07 |
| 2019 | Lebanon | 95.3 |
| 1997 | Qatar | 83.26 |
| 2004 | Qatar | 86.73 |
| 2007 | Qatar | 90.06 |
| 2009 | Qatar | 91.15 |
| 2011 | Qatar | 91.36 |
| 2012 | Qatar | 90.17 |
| 2013 | Qatar | 90.63 |
| 2014 | Qatar | 91.33 |
| 2016 | Qatar | 93.15 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 74.3 |
| 2007 | Tunisia | 77.19 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 79.13 |
| 2014 | Tunisia | 79.04 |
| 2021 | Tunisia | 82.7 |
| 2011 | Bahrain | 92.3 |
| 1995 | Kuwait | 78.4 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 93.27 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 93.28 |
| 2007 | Kuwait | 93.66 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 93.9 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 95.51 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 95.59 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 95.69 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 96.04 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 96.06 |
| 1997 | Palestine | 86.08 |
| 2006 | Palestine | 93.45 |
| 2007 | Palestine | 93.76 |
| 2008 | Palestine | 94.01 |
| 2010 | Palestine | 94.72 |
| 2011 | Palestine | 95.03 |
| 2012 | Palestine | 95.67 |
| 2013 | Palestine | 96.05 |
| 2014 | Palestine | 96.21 |
| 2016 | Palestine | 96.72 |
| 2018 | Palestine | 97.22 |
| 2019 | Palestine | 97.38 |
| 2005 | United Arab Emirates | 90.03 |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 95.53 |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 98.13 |
| 1996 | Egypt | 55.59 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 67.33 |
| 2010 | Egypt | 72.05 |
| 2012 | Egypt | 73.87 |
| 2013 | Egypt | 72.44 |
| 2017 | Egypt | 71.17 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 51.21 |
| 2007 | Mauritania | 45.5 |
| 2013 | Mauritania | 62.07 |
| 2017 | Mauritania | 53.5 |
| 1992 | Saudi Arabia | 70.82 |
| 2000 | Saudi Arabia | 79.35 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 82.86 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 94.43 |
| 2017 | Saudi Arabia | 95.33 |
| 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 97.59 |
| 2006 | Algeria | 72.65 |
| 2008 | Algeria | 75.14 |
| 2018 | Algeria | 81.41 |
| 2003 | Jordan | 89.89 |
| 2005 | Jordan | 91.13 |
| 2007 | Jordan | 92.2 |
| 2011 | Jordan | 95.9 |
| 2012 | Jordan | 97.89 |
| 2018 | Jordan | 98.23 |
| 2021 | Jordan | 98.42 |
| 1994 | Morocco | 41.59 |
| 2008 | Morocco | 55.15 |
| 2012 | Morocco | 69.43 |
| 2014 | Morocco | 75.59 |
| 2018 | Morocco | 73.75 |
| 2021 | Morocco | 75.93 |
| 2002 | Syria | 82.89 |
| 2014 | Syria | 86.3 |
| 1994 | Yemen | 37.09 |
| 2004 | Yemen | 54.1 |
| 1994 | Libya | 76.5 |
Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+ (All Arab Countries, 1991-2021)
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
128
Source