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Adult literacy in Qatar

Adult literacy in Qatar: 75.6% in 1986 and 97.8% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2014
97.8%
Since 1986
+22.1 percentage points
World, 2014
85.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in QatarAdult literacy in Qatar: 75.6% in 1986 and 97.8% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 85.6% in 2014.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearQatarWorld
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
201497.885.6
201397.585.2
201296.784.9
201196.484.7
201096.384.4
200994.783.8
20089483.5
200793.183.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
20048982.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
199783.379.3
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
198675.671.3
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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