Literacy in Palestine
Palestine: Literacy was 97.94 in 2024. β² Rising
Latest (2024)
97.94
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
17th
of 89 countries
All-time high
97.94
in 2024
All-time low
86.08
in 1997
Years of data
20
1997β2024
Literacy in Palestine, 1997β2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy in Palestine stood at 97.94. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy in Palestine peaked at 97.94 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86.08, in 1997.
That places Palestine 17th out of 89 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.08 | 86.08 | 86.08 | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.63 | 92.48 | 94.43 | 5 |
| 2010s | 96.24 | 94.72 | 97.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.74 | 97.51 | 97.94 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More education data for Palestine
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 25,038 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.25 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy in Palestine?
- Literacy in Palestine was 97.94 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 97.94 in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.08 in 1997.
- How does Palestine rank for literacy?
- Palestine ranks 17th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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