Azerbaijan vs Iran: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2023: 99.8% in Azerbaijan and 88.9% in Iran, by UNESCO estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 10.9 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Iran.

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% of adults · UNESCO

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What the numbers say

Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2023.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Azerbaijan	Iran	World
2024	–	–	87.7
2023	99.8	88.9	87.6
2022	–	88.6	87.4
2021	–	88.5	87.2
2020	–	87.9	87
2019	99.8	87.4	86.8
2018	–	86.9	86.8
2017	99.8	86	86.5
2016	99.8	85.5	86.3
2015	99.8	85.3	86
2014	99.8	84.7	85.6
2013	99.8	84.6	85.2
2012	99.8	83.6	84.9
2011	99.8	83.5	84.7
2010	99.8	83.7	84.4
2009	99.8	83.2	83.8
2008	–	83	83.5
2007	99.6	–	83.1
2006	–	82.3	82.5
2005	–	82.4	82.6
2004	–	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	77	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	98.8	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	73.1	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	–	–	75.5
1991	–	65.5	75.1
1990	–	–	74.6
1989	–	–	74.1
1988	–	–	73.6
1987	–	–	71.9
1986	–	52.3	71.3
1985	–	–	70.7
1984	–	–	70.2
1983	–	–	69.5
1982	–	–	68.9
1981	–	–	68.4
1980	–	–	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	–	36.5	65.6
1975	–	–	65.4

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The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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