Thailand vs United Arab Emirates: Adult literacy

Adult literacy: 91.1% in Thailand in 2022 and 98.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Thailand.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

ThailandUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Thailand.
The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Thailand	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	–	98.8	87.7
2023	–	98.1	87.6
2022	91.1	98.3	87.4
2021	–	98.1	87.2
2020	–	–	87
2019	91.3	97.8	86.8
2018	93.8	–	86.8
2017	–	–	86.5
2016	92	–	86.3
2015	92.9	–	86
2014	–	–	85.6
2013	93.7	–	85.2
2012	–	–	84.9
2011	–	–	84.7
2010	96.4	–	84.4
2009	–	–	83.8
2008	–	–	83.5
2007	–	–	83.1
2006	–	–	82.5
2005	93.5	90	82.6
2004	–	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	–	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	92.7	–	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	–	–	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	–	–	68.4
1980	88	–	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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Thailand vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsThailand: 46 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022