Youth literacy in Oman

In Oman, 99.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2003 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Oman, 2022 99.7% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 99.7%
Position in 2022 11th of 59 See the full ranking

Youth literacy in Oman over time

View

Showing: Total

Places
1 selected
Oman

% 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.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2003 to 2022
Period Oman
2022 99.7%
2020 99.7%
2018 98.6%
2017 98.7%
2015 99.2%
2010 97.7%
2008 97.6%
2003 75.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 99.7% in 2020, a change of 0 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 75.7%, the figure has changed by +24.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Oman has the 11th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2022 for Oman
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org