Youth literacy in Iraq
In Iraq, 92.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2021.
Iraq, 2021
92.4%
Change from 2017
−1.1percentage points
Youth literacy in Iraq over time
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Iraq
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 92.4% |
| 2017 | 93.5% |
| 2016 | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 88.8% |
| 2012 | 83.5% |
| 2000 | 84.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 93.5% in 2017, a change of −1.1 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 84.8%, the figure has changed by +7.6 percentage points.
More for Iraq
All statistics for Iraq
Adult literacy rate
84.1%
2021 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
36.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
75.7%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
46.4%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
32.1%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
10.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2007 · UNESCO UIS