Algeria

Adult literacy in Algeria

Adult literacy in Algeria: 49.6% in 1987 and 75.1% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2008
75.1%
Since 1987
+25.5 percentage points
World, 2008
83.5%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in AlgeriaAdult literacy in Algeria: 49.6% in 1987 and 75.1% in 2008, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 83.5% in 2008.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearAlgeriaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
200875.183.5
2007–83.1
200672.782.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
200269.981.7
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
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
198749.671.9
1986–71.3
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
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

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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