Adult literacy rate, women in Iran
Adult literacy rate, women in Iran was 85.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.4 pts from 2022. That is the 40th highest of 58 countries in 2019.
Adult literacy rate, women in Iran, 1976 to 2023
All 23 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 85.1 |
| 2022 | 84.7 |
| 2021 | 84.5 |
| 2020 | 83.8 |
| 2019 | 83.1 |
| 2018 | 82.6 |
| 2017 | 81.4 |
| 2016 | 80.8 |
| 2015 | 80.6 |
| 2014 | 79.8 |
| 2013 | 79.8 |
| 2012 | 78.4 |
| 2011 | 79 |
| 2010 | 78.5 |
| 2009 | 78.1 |
| 2008 | 77.7 |
| 2006 | 77.2 |
| 2005 | 76.8 |
| 2002 | 70.4 |
| 1996 | 66.1 |
| 1991 | 56.2 |
| 1986 | 41 |
| 1976 | 24.4 |
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 Iran?
Adult literacy rate, women in Iran was 85.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.4 pts from 2022. That is the 40th highest of 58 countries in 2019.
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 Iran?
85.1% in 2023, the highest value since 1976 in this series.