Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Adult literacy

Adult literacy: 99.7% in Spain in 2021 and 98.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Spain, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

SpainUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	–	98.8	87.7
2023	–	98.1	87.6
2022	–	98.3	87.4
2021	99.7	98.1	87.2
2020	98.6	–	87
2019	–	97.8	86.8
2018	98.4	–	86.8
2017	–	–	86.5
2016	98.3	–	86.3
2015	98.1	–	86
2014	98.1	–	85.6
2013	98.1	–	85.2
2012	97.9	–	84.9
2011	97.8	–	84.7
2010	97.8	–	84.4
2009	97.7	–	83.8
2008	97.6	–	83.5
2007	97.9	–	83.1
2006	97.8	–	82.5
2005	97.8	90	82.6
2004	97.2	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	–	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	–	–	75.5
1991	96.5	–	75.1
1990	–	–	74.6
1989	–	–	74.1
1988	–	–	73.6
1987	–	–	71.9
1986	–	–	71.3
1985	–	71.2	70.7
1984	–	–	70.2
1983	–	–	69.5
1982	–	–	68.9
1981	92.8	–	68.4
1980	–	–	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	–	–	65.6
1975	–	53.5	65.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Spain vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsSpain: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022