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.
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2000 | 74.05 |
| Iraq | 2012 | 77.2 |
| Iraq | 2013 | 72.7 |
| Iraq | 2014 | 82.2 |
| Iraq | 2016 | 83.3 |
| Iraq | 2017 | 85.6 |
| Oman | 2003 | 81.36 |
| Oman | 2008 | 86.62 |
| Oman | 2010 | 86.94 |
| Oman | 2014 | 91.98 |
| Oman | 2015 | 93.04 |
| Oman | 2016 | 94.9 |
| Oman | 2017 | 95.58 |
| Oman | 2018 | 95.65 |
| Sudan | 2000 | 61.35 |
| Sudan | 2008 | 53.52 |
| Sudan | 2018 | 60.7 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 68.49 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 49.2 |
| Comoros | 2018 | 58.82 |
| Comoros | 2021 | 61.99 |
| Lebanon | 2007 | 89.61 |
| Lebanon | 2009 | 91.18 |
| Lebanon | 2018 | 95.07 |
| Lebanon | 2019 | 95.3 |
| Qatar | 1997 | 83.26 |
| Qatar | 2004 | 86.73 |
| Qatar | 2007 | 90.06 |
| Qatar | 2008 | 91.01 |
| Qatar | 2009 | 91.15 |
| Qatar | 2010 | 91.78 |
| Qatar | 2011 | 91.36 |
| Qatar | 2012 | 90.17 |
| Qatar | 2013 | 90.63 |
| Qatar | 2014 | 91.33 |
| Qatar | 2016 | 93.15 |
| Qatar | 2017 | 93.46 |
| Tunisia | 2004 | 74.3 |
| Tunisia | 2007 | 77.19 |
| Tunisia | 2008 | 77.71 |
| Tunisia | 2010 | 79.13 |
| Tunisia | 2011 | 79.65 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 80.22 |
| Tunisia | 2014 | 79.04 |
| Tunisia | 2021 | 82.7 |
| Bahrain | 1991 | 84.01 |
| Bahrain | 2001 | 86.55 |
| Bahrain | 2010 | 90.98 |
| Bahrain | 2011 | 92.3 |
| Kuwait | 1995 | 78.4 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 93.27 |
| Kuwait | 2006 | 93.28 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 93.66 |
| Kuwait | 2008 | 93.9 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 94.47 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 95.51 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 95.59 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 95.69 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 96.04 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 96.06 |
| Kuwait | 2020 | 96.46 |
| Palestine | 1997 | 86.08 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 92.48 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 93.45 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 93.76 |
| Palestine | 2008 | 94.01 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 94.43 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 94.72 |
| Palestine | 2011 | 95.03 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 95.67 |
| Palestine | 2013 | 96.05 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 96.21 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 96.48 |
| Palestine | 2016 | 96.72 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 96.92 |
| Palestine | 2018 | 97.22 |
| Palestine | 2019 | 97.38 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 97.51 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2005 | 90.03 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 95.53 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2021 | 98.13 |
| Egypt | 1996 | 55.59 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 67.33 |
| Egypt | 2006 | 66.37 |
| Egypt | 2010 | 72.05 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 73.87 |
| Egypt | 2013 | 72.44 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 71.17 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 73.09 |
| Mauritania | 2000 | 51.21 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 45.5 |
| Mauritania | 2013 | 62.07 |
| Mauritania | 2017 | 53.5 |
| Mauritania | 2021 | 66.96 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1992 | 70.82 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2000 | 79.35 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 82.86 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 94.43 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 95.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 97.59 |
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.