Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 53.6% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) recorded 53.6% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) peaked at 53.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.5%, in 1990.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 181st out of 203 groups with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 33.5% | — |
| 1991 | 34.0% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 35.0% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 35.8% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 36.7% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 37.4% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 38.9% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 40.5% | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 42.1% | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 43.6% | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 45.0% | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 46.3% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 47.7% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 49.0% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 50.3% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 51.2% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 48.9% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 49.8% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 50.7% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 51.3% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 52.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 52.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 53.0% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 53.2% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 53.6% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.8% | 33.5% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.0% | 45.0% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.9% | 52.0% | 53.6% | 6 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 9.63 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.78 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 826,402 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 858,973 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.69 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 348,275 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.69 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.55 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.82 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) was 53.6% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The highest recorded value was 53.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.5% in 1990.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) ranks 181st out of 203 groups with data for 2015.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release