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Adult literacy rate, men in Egypt

Adult literacy rate, men in Egypt was 85.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 2.8 pts from 2021.

202285.3%
Change on 2021-2.8 pts
Series high88.12021
Series low53.61976

Adult literacy rate, men in Egypt, 1976 to 2022

50607080901976199620062012201720221976: 53.6 %1986: 57 %1996: 67.2 %2005: 77.9 %2006: 74.6 %2010: 80.3 %2012: 81.7 %2013: 81.7 %2017: 76.5 %2021: 88.1 %2022: 85.3 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 11 values
Period%
202285.3
202188.1
201776.5
201381.7
201281.7
201080.3
200674.6
200577.9
199667.2
198657
197653.6

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.

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What is the adult literacy rate, men in Egypt?

Adult literacy rate, men in Egypt was 85.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 2.8 pts from 2021.

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 Egypt?

88.1% in 2021, the highest value since 1976 in this series.

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