Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+, male (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1996 | 67.15 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 77.91 |
| Egypt | 2006 | 74.62 |
| Egypt | 2010 | 80.27 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 81.68 |
| Egypt | 2013 | 81.69 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 76.5 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 78.78 |
| Lebanon | 2007 | 93.38 |
| Lebanon | 2009 | 94.27 |
| Lebanon | 2018 | 96.85 |
| Lebanon | 2019 | 97.01 |
| Syria | 2002 | 91.03 |
| Syria | 2004 | 87.76 |
| Syria | 2014 | 91.6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2005 | 89.48 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 96.23 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2021 | 98.81 |
| Morocco | 1994 | 55.16 |
| Morocco | 2004 | 65.71 |
| Morocco | 2008 | 68.37 |
| Morocco | 2009 | 68.92 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 76.07 |
| Morocco | 2012 | 80.38 |
| Morocco | 2014 | 75.37 |
| Morocco | 2018 | 83.3 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 84.81 |
| Palestine | 1997 | 92.25 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 96.08 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 97.08 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 97.1 |
| Palestine | 2008 | 97.2 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 97.32 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 97.53 |
| Palestine | 2011 | 97.74 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 98.07 |
| Palestine | 2013 | 98.27 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 98.28 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 98.38 |
| Palestine | 2016 | 98.51 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 98.53 |
| Palestine | 2018 | 98.66 |
| Palestine | 2019 | 98.8 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 98.79 |
| Bahrain | 1991 | 88.54 |
| Bahrain | 2001 | 88.55 |
| Bahrain | 2010 | 92.15 |
| Bahrain | 2011 | 93.1 |
| Jordan | 2003 | 95.08 |
| Jordan | 2005 | 95.18 |
| Jordan | 2007 | 95.49 |
| Jordan | 2010 | 95.77 |
| Jordan | 2011 | 97.75 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 98.44 |
| Jordan | 2018 | 98.61 |
| Jordan | 2021 | 98.71 |
| Qatar | 1997 | 84.24 |
| Qatar | 2004 | 86.74 |
| Qatar | 2007 | 89.96 |
| Qatar | 2008 | 91.44 |
| Qatar | 2009 | 91.37 |
| Qatar | 2010 | 91.75 |
| Qatar | 2011 | 91.65 |
| Qatar | 2012 | 90 |
| Qatar | 2013 | 90.34 |
| Qatar | 2014 | 91.05 |
| Qatar | 2016 | 92.88 |
| Qatar | 2017 | 93.14 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1992 | 79.97 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2000 | 87.06 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 87.53 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 96.53 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 97.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 98.62 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 74.51 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 56.48 |
| Comoros | 2018 | 64.64 |
| Comoros | 2021 | 67.01 |
| Kuwait | 1995 | 81.12 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 94.45 |
| Kuwait | 2006 | 94.53 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 94.79 |
| Kuwait | 2008 | 95.02 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 95.55 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 95.84 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 96.35 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 96.39 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 96.7 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 96.67 |
| Kuwait | 2020 | 97.05 |
| Oman | 2003 | 86.86 |
| Oman | 2008 | 90 |
| Oman | 2010 | 90.24 |
| Oman | 2014 | 94.99 |
| Oman | 2015 | 96.63 |
| Oman | 2016 | 96.63 |
| Oman | 2017 | 97.02 |
| Oman | 2018 | 96.99 |
| Sudan | 2000 | 71.58 |
| Sudan | 2008 | 59.8 |
Arab Region | Literacy rate, age group 15+, male (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.