Afghanistan Literacy Rate 1979-2024
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Afghanistan literacy rate for 2021 was 37.27%, a 5.82% increase from 2011.
- Afghanistan literacy rate for 2011 was 31.45%, a 13.29% increase from 1979.
- Afghanistan literacy rate for 1979 was 18.16%, a 18.16% increase from .
- Afghanistan literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
| Afghanistan Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2021 |
37.27% |
5.82% |
| 2011 |
31.45% |
13.29% |
| 1979 |
18.16% |
13.29% |
