Adult literacy rate, women in Egypt
Adult literacy rate, women in Egypt was 73.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 2.4 pts from 2021.
Adult literacy rate, women in Egypt, 1976 to 2022
All 11 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 73.3 |
| 2021 | 75.7 |
| 2017 | 65.5 |
| 2013 | 62.7 |
| 2012 | 65.8 |
| 2010 | 63.5 |
| 2006 | 57.8 |
| 2005 | 56.1 |
| 1996 | 43.6 |
| 1986 | 31.4 |
| 1976 | 22.4 |
Rankings
Definition
Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women 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 female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.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, women in Egypt?
Adult literacy rate, women in Egypt was 73.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 2.4 pts from 2021.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, women in Egypt?
75.7% in 2021, the highest value since 1976 in this series.