Adult literacy rate in Tunisia
86.3% of adults in Tunisia could read and write in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1984.
Tunisia, 2023
86.3%
Change from 2021
+2.6percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
Adult literacy rate in Tunisia 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 | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 87.7% |
| 2023 | 86.3% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | – | 87.4% |
| 2021 | 83.7% | 87.2% |
| 2020 | – | 87.0% |
| 2019 | 80.6% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 79.5% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | – | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | – | 86.0% |
| 2014 | 79.0% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | 80.2% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 79.7% | 84.7% |
| 2010 | 79.1% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | – | 83.8% |
| 2008 | 77.7% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | 77.2% | 83.1% |
| 2006 | – | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | 74.3% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 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 83.7% in 2021, a change of +2.6 percentage points.
- Since 2004, when it was 74.3%, the figure has changed by +11.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.6%.
More for Tunisia
All statistics for Tunisia
Primary school enrolment (gross)
104.4%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
22.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
92.7%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
75.6%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
35.6%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
1.1%
2023 · UNESCO UIS