Iraq

Adult literacy in Iraq

Adult literacy in Iraq: 74.1% in 2000 and 84.1% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
84.1%
Since 2000
+10 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in IraqAdult literacy in Iraq: 74.1% in 2000 and 84.1% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 85.6% in 2017, the lowest 74.1% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 85.6% in 2017, the lowest 74.1% in 2000.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearIraqWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202184.187.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201785.686.5
201683.386.3
2015–86
201482.285.6
2013–85.2
201277.284.9
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
2001–81.4
200074.181.1
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
1985–70.7
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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