Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+, female (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2002 | 60.08 |
| Algeria | 2006 | 63.92 |
| Algeria | 2008 | 67.55 |
| Algeria | 2018 | 75.32 |
| Iraq | 2000 | 64.17 |
| Iraq | 2012 | 69 |
| Iraq | 2013 | 63.4 |
| Iraq | 2014 | 74.6 |
| Iraq | 2016 | 76.8 |
| Iraq | 2017 | 79.9 |
| Lebanon | 2007 | 85.97 |
| Lebanon | 2009 | 88.09 |
| Lebanon | 2018 | 93.31 |
| Lebanon | 2019 | 93.61 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1992 | 57.28 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2000 | 69.29 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 76.34 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 91.37 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 92.71 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 96.05 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2005 | 91.47 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 94.47 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2021 | 97.17 |
| Bahrain | 1991 | 76.93 |
| Bahrain | 2001 | 83.56 |
| Bahrain | 2010 | 89.01 |
| Bahrain | 2011 | 90.7 |
| Jordan | 2003 | 84.71 |
| Jordan | 2005 | 87.01 |
| Jordan | 2007 | 88.9 |
| Jordan | 2010 | 89.21 |
| Jordan | 2011 | 93.93 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 97.37 |
| Jordan | 2018 | 97.83 |
| Jordan | 2021 | 98.13 |
| Syria | 2002 | 74.24 |
| Syria | 2004 | 73.63 |
| Syria | 2014 | 80.9 |
| Oman | 2003 | 73.53 |
| Oman | 2008 | 80.87 |
| Oman | 2010 | 81.8 |
| Oman | 2014 | 88.93 |
| Oman | 2015 | 86.04 |
| Oman | 2016 | 90.94 |
| Oman | 2017 | 92.23 |
| Oman | 2018 | 92.69 |
| Morocco | 1994 | 28.73 |
| Morocco | 2004 | 39.62 |
| Morocco | 2008 | 42.59 |
| Morocco | 2009 | 43.92 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 57.64 |
| Morocco | 2012 | 59.13 |
| Morocco | 2014 | 53.31 |
| Morocco | 2018 | 64.59 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 67.38 |
| Egypt | 1996 | 43.6 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 56.12 |
| Egypt | 2006 | 57.81 |
| Egypt | 2010 | 63.52 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 65.76 |
| Egypt | 2013 | 62.71 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 65.51 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 67.39 |
| Sudan | 2000 | 52.15 |
| Sudan | 2008 | 46.7 |
| Sudan | 2018 | 56.06 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 63.46 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 42.64 |
| Comoros | 2018 | 52.96 |
| Comoros | 2021 | 56.94 |
| Kuwait | 1995 | 74.15 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 91.04 |
| Kuwait | 2006 | 90.83 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 91.5 |
| Kuwait | 2008 | 91.78 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 92.68 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 94.97 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 94.3 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 94.47 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 94.83 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 94.91 |
| Kuwait | 2020 | 95.35 |
| Palestine | 1997 | 79.76 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 88.77 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 89.76 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 90.35 |
| Palestine | 2008 | 90.75 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 91.48 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 91.85 |
| Palestine | 2011 | 92.25 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 93.22 |
| Palestine | 2013 | 93.77 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 94.1 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 94.53 |
| Palestine | 2016 | 94.89 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 95.28 |
| Palestine | 2018 | 95.74 |
| Palestine | 2019 | 95.91 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 96.2 |
| Tunisia | 2004 | 65.35 |
Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+, female (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.