Syria

Adult literacy in Syria

Adult literacy in Syria: 55.7% in 1981 and 94.4% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021
94.4%
Since 1981
+38.8 percentage points
World, 2021
87.2%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in SyriaAdult literacy in Syria: 55.7% in 1981 and 94.4% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearSyriaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
202194.487.2
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
200480.882.6
2003–82.2
200282.981.7
2001–81.4
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
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
198155.768.4
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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