Iran Literacy Rate 1976-2025

Iran literacy rate for 2022 was 88.96%, a 3.42% increase from 2016.
  • Iran literacy rate for 2016 was 85.54%, a 0.84% increase from 2014.
  • Iran literacy rate for 2014 was 84.71%, a 0.08% increase from 2013.
  • Iran literacy rate for 2013 was 84.63%, a 1% increase from 2012.
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.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Uzbekistan 100.00%
San Marino 99.91%
Georgia 99.58%
Albania 98.50%
Bosnia 98.30%
UAE 98.29%
Bahrain 97.87%
West Bank and Gaza 97.84%
Venezuela 97.60%
Oman 97.34%
Chile 97.16%
Vietnam 96.13%
Dominican Republic 95.50%
Brazil 94.69%
Ecuador 93.95%
Sao Tome and Principe 93.75%
Sri Lanka 92.49%
Cabo Verde 91.00%
Guyana 90.03%
Zimbabwe 89.85%
Iran 88.96%
Lao PDR 87.52%
Gabon 85.69%
Guatemala 84.27%
Cambodia 83.78%
Kenya 82.88%
Tanzania 82.02%
Lesotho 82.01%
Uganda 80.59%
Democratic Republic of Congo 80.54%
Rwanda 78.76%
Madagascar 77.48%
Morocco 77.35%
India 76.32%
Burundi 75.54%
Egypt 74.50%
Angola 72.40%
Bhutan 72.10%
Malawi 68.08%
Comoros 61.71%
Gambia 58.67%
Senegal 57.67%
Guinea-Bissau 53.90%
Sierra Leone 48.64%
Benin 47.10%
Somalia 41.03%
Niger 38.10%
Burkina Faso 34.49%
Chad 27.28%