Bahrain

Adult literacy in Bahrain

Adult literacy in Bahrain: 69.8% in 1981 and 97.8% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
97.8%
Since 1981
+28.1 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BahrainAdult literacy in Bahrain: 69.8% in 1981 and 97.8% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 97.9% in 2022, the lowest 69.8% in 1981.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 97.9% in 2022, the lowest 69.8% in 1981.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBahrainWorld
202497.887.7
202397.987.6
202297.987.4
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
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200186.681.4
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
19918475.1
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
198169.868.4
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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