Adult literacy in Azerbaijan

Adult literacy in Azerbaijan: 98.8% in 1999 and 99.8% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023: 99.8%
Since 1999: +1 percentage points
World, 2023: 87.6%

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% of adults · UNESCO

Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 99.8% in 2019, the lowest 98.8% in 1999.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Azerbaijan	World
2024	–	87.7
2023	99.8	87.6
2022	–	87.4
2021	–	87.2
2020	–	87
2019	99.8	86.8
2018	–	86.8
2017	99.8	86.5
2016	99.8	86.3
2015	99.8	86
2014	99.8	85.6
2013	99.8	85.2
2012	99.8	84.9
2011	99.8	84.7
2010	99.8	84.4
2009	99.8	83.8
2008	–	83.5
2007	99.6	83.1
2006	–	82.5
2005	–	82.6
2004	–	82.6
2003	–	82.2
2002	–	81.7
2001	–	81.4
2000	–	81.1
1999	98.8	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	–	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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