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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
128
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Egypt | 67.15 |
| 2006 | Egypt | 74.62 |
| 2010 | Egypt | 80.27 |
| 2012 | Egypt | 81.68 |
| 2013 | Egypt | 81.69 |
| 2021 | Egypt | 78.78 |
| 2007 | Lebanon | 93.38 |
| 2009 | Lebanon | 94.27 |
| 2018 | Lebanon | 96.85 |
| 2019 | Lebanon | 97.01 |
| 2002 | Syria | 91.03 |
| 2004 | Syria | 87.76 |
| 2014 | Syria | 91.6 |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 98.81 |
| 1994 | Morocco | 55.16 |
| 2004 | Morocco | 65.71 |
| 2008 | Morocco | 68.37 |
| 2009 | Morocco | 68.92 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 76.07 |
| 2014 | Morocco | 75.37 |
| 2018 | Morocco | 83.3 |
| 2021 | Morocco | 84.81 |
| 1997 | Palestine | 92.25 |
| 2006 | Palestine | 97.08 |
| 2007 | Palestine | 97.1 |
| 2008 | Palestine | 97.2 |
| 2010 | Palestine | 97.53 |
| 2011 | Palestine | 97.74 |
| 2012 | Palestine | 98.07 |
| 2013 | Palestine | 98.27 |
| 2015 | Palestine | 98.38 |
| 2016 | Palestine | 98.51 |
| 2017 | Palestine | 98.53 |
| 2019 | Palestine | 98.8 |
| 2020 | Palestine | 98.79 |
| 1991 | Bahrain | 88.54 |
| 2001 | Bahrain | 88.55 |
| 2011 | Bahrain | 93.1 |
| 2003 | Jordan | 95.08 |
| 2005 | Jordan | 95.18 |
| 2007 | Jordan | 95.49 |
| 2010 | Jordan | 95.77 |
| 2011 | Jordan | 97.75 |
| 1997 | Qatar | 84.24 |
| 2007 | Qatar | 89.96 |
| 2008 | Qatar | 91.44 |
| 2009 | Qatar | 91.37 |
| 2010 | Qatar | 91.75 |
| 2012 | Qatar | 90 |
| 2013 | Qatar | 90.34 |
| 2014 | Qatar | 91.05 |
| 2017 | Qatar | 93.14 |
| 1992 | Saudi Arabia | 79.97 |
| 2000 | Saudi Arabia | 87.06 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 87.53 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 96.53 |
| 2017 | Saudi Arabia | 97.1 |
| 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 98.62 |
| 2000 | Comoros | 74.51 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 56.48 |
| 2018 | Comoros | 64.64 |
| 1995 | Kuwait | 81.12 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 94.45 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 95.84 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 96.35 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 96.7 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 96.67 |
| 2020 | Kuwait | 97.05 |
| 2003 | Oman | 86.86 |
| 2008 | Oman | 90 |
| 2010 | Oman | 90.24 |
| 2015 | Oman | 96.63 |
| 2017 | Oman | 97.02 |
| 2018 | Oman | 96.99 |
| 2000 | Sudan | 71.58 |
| 2008 | Sudan | 59.8 |
| 2018 | Sudan | 65.44 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 79.19 |
| 2006 | Algeria | 81.28 |
| 2008 | Algeria | 82.62 |
| 2018 | Algeria | 87.42 |
| 2012 | Iraq | 85.9 |
| 2013 | Iraq | 81.4 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 90 |
| 2016 | Iraq | 90 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 59.54 |
| 2007 | Mauritania | 57.4 |
| 2013 | Mauritania | 67.96 |
| 2017 | Mauritania | 63.75 |
| 2021 | Mauritania | 71.78 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 83.39 |
| 2007 | Tunisia | 86.05 |
| 2008 | Tunisia | 86.38 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 87.38 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 88.48 |
| 2014 | Tunisia | 86.06 |
| 1994 | Yemen | 56.72 |
| 2004 | Yemen | 73.16 |
| 1994 | Libya | 87.72 |
| 2004 | Libya | 93.85 |
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
128
Source