Arab World - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Arab World was 80.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 84.46 in 2014, while its lowest value was 48.96 in 1977.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1977 48.96
1978 49.55
1979 50.22
1980 51.07
1981 52.05
1982 53.13
1983 53.69
1984 55.24
1985 56.75
1986 58.25
1987 59.55
1988 60.94
1989 62.28
1990 63.71
1991 65.37
1992 66.71
1993 66.02
1994 67.32
1995 68.57
1996 70.02
1997 71.23
1998 72.33
1999 73.48
2000 74.54
2001 75.74
2002 77.12
2003 77.30
2004 78.35
2005 78.90
2006 78.35
2007 79.34
2008 80.17
2009 77.17
2010 77.75
2011 78.21
2012 82.46
2013 83.24
2014 84.46
2015 81.13
2016 83.53
2017 84.29
2018 80.35
2019 80.49
2020 80.62

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Arab World was 85.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 89.77 in 2014, while its lowest value was 72.76 in 1977.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1977 72.76
1978 72.87
1979 73.02
1980 73.32
1981 73.77
1982 74.31
1983 75.17
1984 76.03
1985 76.89
1986 77.83
1987 78.59
1988 79.36
1989 80.06
1990 80.83
1991 82.15
1992 82.79
1993 82.95
1994 83.43
1995 83.92
1996 84.53
1997 84.97
1998 85.24
1999 85.53
2000 85.79
2001 86.33
2002 86.91
2003 88.48
2004 88.74
2005 88.86
2006 86.74
2007 87.25
2008 87.70
2009 85.28
2010 85.42
2011 85.62
2012 89.15
2013 88.90
2014 89.77
2015 86.37
2016 88.51
2017 88.79
2018 85.17
2019 85.19
2020 85.20

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Arab World was 82.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 87.19 in 2014, while its lowest value was 61.21 in 1977.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1977 61.21
1978 61.55
1979 61.94
1980 62.49
1981 63.20
1982 63.90
1983 64.69
1984 65.87
1985 67.05
1986 68.40
1987 69.28
1988 70.39
1989 71.40
1990 72.50
1991 73.96
1992 74.92
1993 74.66
1994 75.51
1995 76.39
1996 77.45
1997 78.24
1998 78.91
1999 79.63
2000 80.18
2001 81.14
2002 82.12
2003 83.01
2004 83.64
2005 84.07
2006 82.65
2007 83.39
2008 84.05
2009 81.34
2010 81.68
2011 82.02
2012 85.91
2013 86.29
2014 87.19
2015 83.82
2016 86.09
2017 86.61
2018 82.83
2019 82.91
2020 82.98

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Arab World was 66.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 68.65 in 2017, while its lowest value was 30.32 in 1977.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1977 30.32
1978 30.79
1979 31.33
1980 31.94
1981 32.60
1982 33.40
1983 33.86
1984 34.84
1985 35.72
1986 36.68
1987 37.53
1988 38.59
1989 39.63
1990 40.73
1991 41.94
1992 43.13
1993 43.42
1994 44.57
1995 45.68
1996 47.51
1997 48.45
1998 49.87
1999 51.21
2000 52.74
2001 53.82
2002 55.25
2003 57.61
2004 58.92
2005 58.81
2006 58.69
2007 59.11
2008 60.45
2009 58.97
2010 60.24
2011 62.44
2012 66.09
2013 65.24
2014 67.74
2015 65.57
2016 67.35
2017 68.65
2018 65.53
2019 65.86
2020 66.20

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Arab World was 79.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 83.10 in 2014, while its lowest value was 59.13 in 1977.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1977 59.13
1978 59.36
1979 59.63
1980 60.03
1981 60.47
1982 61.00
1983 60.96
1984 61.70
1985 62.50
1986 63.29
1987 63.80
1988 64.69
1989 65.44
1990 66.26
1991 67.25
1992 67.94
1993 69.06
1994 69.58
1995 70.46
1996 71.46
1997 72.15
1998 73.11
1999 73.87
2000 74.32
2001 75.51
2002 76.34
2003 79.29
2004 79.83
2005 78.92
2006 76.96
2007 77.55
2008 78.09
2009 76.96
2010 77.51
2011 78.92
2012 82.10
2013 82.00
2014 83.10
2015 80.81
2016 81.75
2017 82.22
2018 79.60
2019 79.76
2020 79.93

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Arab World was 73.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 75.77 in 2017, while its lowest value was 44.90 in 1977.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1977 44.90
1978 45.27
1979 45.69
1980 46.20
1981 46.77
1982 47.42
1983 47.63
1984 48.47
1985 49.33
1986 50.30
1987 50.89
1988 51.88
1989 52.78
1990 53.75
1991 54.86
1992 55.80
1993 56.52
1994 57.35
1995 58.34
1996 59.81
1997 60.54
1998 61.72
1999 62.76
2000 63.68
2001 64.88
2002 66.05
2003 68.69
2004 69.64
2005 69.22
2006 68.14
2007 68.62
2008 69.62
2009 68.31
2010 69.25
2011 71.06
2012 74.44
2013 74.04
2014 75.71
2015 73.50
2016 74.84
2017 75.77
2018 72.87
2019 73.11
2020 73.37

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes