Adult literacy rate in Oman
97.3% of adults in Oman could read and write in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003.
Oman, 2022
97.3%
Change from 2020
+0.4percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
Position in 2022
13th of 45
Adult literacy rate in Oman over time
View
Oman
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 87.7% |
| 2023 | – | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 97.3% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 96.9% | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 95.7% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 95.6% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 93.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | – | 84.9% |
| 2011 | – | 84.7% |
| 2010 | 86.9% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | – | 83.8% |
| 2008 | 86.6% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | – | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 66.1% | 82.2% |
| 2002 | – | 81.7% |
| 2001 | – | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 96.9% in 2020, a change of +0.4 percentage points.
- Since 2003, when it was 66.1%, the figure has changed by +31.2 percentage points.
- Among the 45 countries with data for 2022, Oman has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 87.4%.