Egypt

Adult literacy in Egypt

Adult literacy in Egypt: 38.2% in 1976 and 79.5% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
79.5%
Since 1976
+41.3 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in EgyptAdult literacy in Egypt: 38.2% in 1976 and 79.5% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 82.1% in 2021, the lowest 38.2% in 1976.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 82.1% in 2021, the lowest 38.2% in 1976.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEgyptWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202279.587.4
202182.187.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201771.286.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
201372.485.2
201273.984.9
2011–84.7
201072.184.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
200666.482.5
200567.382.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
199655.677.3
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
198644.471.3
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
197638.265.6
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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