Adult literacy rate in Bahrain
97.8% of adults in Bahrain could read and write in 2024.
Bahrain, 2024
97.8%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
87.7%
Adult literacy rate in Bahrain over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of people aged 15 and above. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bahrain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.8% | 87.7% |
| 2023 | 97.8% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | – | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | – | 86.8% |
| 2017 | – | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | – | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | – | 84.9% |
| 2011 | – | 84.7% |
| 2010 | – | 84.4% |
| 2009 | – | 83.8% |
| 2008 | – | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | – | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 82.2% |
| 2002 | – | 81.7% |
| 2001 | 86.6% | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 97.8% in 2023.
- Since 1981, when it was 69.8%, the figure has changed by +28.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 87.7%.