Iraq Literacy Rate 2000-2025

Iraq literacy rate for 2017 was 85.60%, a 2.3% increase from 2016.
  • Iraq literacy rate for 2016 was 83.30%, a 1.1% increase from 2014.
  • Iraq literacy rate for 2014 was 82.20%, a 5% increase from 2012.
  • Iraq literacy rate for 2012 was 77.20%, a 3.15% increase from 2000.
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.
Country Rankings
Country Name Literacy Rate
Azerbaijan 99.79%
Armenia 99.74%
Georgia 99.36%
Cayman Islands 98.87%
Uruguay 98.62%
Singapore 97.20%
West Bank and Gaza 96.92%
Chile 96.40%
Turkey 96.15%
Kuwait 96.04%
Oman 95.58%
Saudi Arabia 95.33%
Mexico 94.97%
Peru 94.15%
Brazil 93.08%
Ecuador 92.83%
Puerto Rico 92.39%
Sri Lanka 91.90%
El Salvador 88.48%
South Africa 87.05%
Iraq 85.60%
Bangladesh 72.89%
Egypt 71.17%
Burundi 68.38%
Bhutan 66.56%
Mozambique 60.66%
Pakistan 59.13%
Senegal 51.90%
Ethiopia 51.77%
Liberia 48.30%