Iraq Literacy Rate 2000-2024
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Iraq literacy rate for 2017 was 85.60%, a 2.3% increase from 2016.
- Iraq literacy rate for 2016 was 83.30%, a 1.1% increase from 2014.
- Iraq literacy rate for 2014 was 82.20%, a 5% increase from 2012.
- Iraq literacy rate for 2012 was 77.20%, a 3.15% increase from 2000.
| Iraq Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2017 |
85.60% |
2.30% |
| 2016 |
83.30% |
1.10% |
| 2014 |
82.20% |
5.00% |
| 2012 |
77.20% |
3.15% |
| 2000 |
74.05% |
3.15% |
