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