Adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan
Adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan was 52.1% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 1.7 pts from 2020.
Adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan, 1979 to 2021
All 5 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.1 |
| 2020 | 50.4 |
| 2015 | 50.2 |
| 2011 | 45.4 |
| 1979 | 30.3 |
Rankings
Definition
Men aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of men aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan?
Adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan was 52.1% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 1.7 pts from 2020.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, men in Afghanistan?
52.1% in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.