Literacy rates among adults in Tunisia
Tunisia: Literacy rates among adults was 86.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Tunisia, 1984–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rates among adults in Tunisia is 86.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Tunisia peaked at 86.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.2%, in 1984.
That places Tunisia 55th out of 89 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48.2% | 48.2% | 48.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 76.4% | 74.3% | 77.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 79.7% | 79.0% | 80.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 85.0% | 83.7% | 86.2% | 2 |
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More education data for Tunisia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 84,596 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.82 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Tunisia?
- Literacy rates among adults in Tunisia was 86.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.2% in 1984.
- How does Tunisia rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Tunisia ranks 55th out of 89 countries with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.