Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran was 98.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 58 countries in 2022.
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran, 1976 to 2023
All 22 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 98.7 |
| 2022 | 98.6 |
| 2021 | 98.6 |
| 2020 | 98.4 |
| 2019 | 98.5 |
| 2018 | 98.2 |
| 2017 | 98.2 |
| 2016 | 98.1 |
| 2015 | 97.9 |
| 2014 | 97.9 |
| 2013 | 97.8 |
| 2012 | 98 |
| 2011 | 96.7 |
| 2010 | 97.8 |
| 2009 | 97.6 |
| 2008 | 97.9 |
| 2006 | 96.6 |
| 2005 | 97.4 |
| 1996 | 93 |
| 1991 | 87 |
| 1986 | 75.2 |
| 1976 | 56.5 |
Rankings
Definition
People aged 15 to 24 who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 24. 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, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.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 youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran?
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran was 98.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2022. That is the 27th highest of 58 countries in 2022.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Iran?
98.7% in 2023, the highest value since 1976 in this series.