Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine
Palestine: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location was 0.98 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine, 1997–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine is 0.98 LPIA, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine peaked at 0.99 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9 LPIA, in 1997.
Palestine ranks 12th of 55 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.9 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.93 LPIA | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.94 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.95 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.96 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.96 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.97 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.97 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.98 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.96 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.96 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.97 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.98 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.99 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.98 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.98 LPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.75 LPIA, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.98 LPIA is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.78 LPIA, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9 LPIA | 0.9 LPIA | 0.9 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.948 LPIA | 0.93 LPIA | 0.96 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.974 LPIA | 0.96 LPIA | 0.99 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.98 LPIA | 0.98 LPIA | 0.98 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More education data for Palestine
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location in Palestine was 0.98 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 LPIA in 1997.
- How does Palestine rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location?
- Palestine ranks 12th out of 55 countries with data for 2022.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release