Adult literacy rate in Iran
88.9% of adults in Iran could read and write in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1976.
Iran, 2023
88.9%
Change from 2022
+0.3percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
Adult literacy rate in Iran 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 | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 87.7% |
| 2023 | 88.9% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 88.6% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 87.9% | 87.0% |
| 2019 | 87.4% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | 84.7% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 84.6% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | 83.6% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | 84.7% |
| 2010 | 83.7% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | 83.2% | 83.8% |
| 2008 | 83.0% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | 82.3% | 82.5% |
| 2005 | 82.4% | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 82.2% |
| 2002 | 77.0% | 81.7% |
| 2001 | – | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 88.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 84.6%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.6%.