Saudi Arabia Literacy Rate 1992-2025

Saudi Arabia literacy rate for 2020 was 97.59%, a 2.26% increase from 2017.
  • Saudi Arabia literacy rate for 2017 was 95.33%, a 0.9% increase from 2013.
  • Saudi Arabia literacy rate for 2013 was 94.43%, a 11.57% increase from 2004.
  • Saudi Arabia literacy rate for 2004 was 82.86%, a 3.51% increase from 2000.
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.