Iraq Literacy Rate | Chart & Data

Iraq Literacy Rate (2000-2017)

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Literacy Rate

Iraq literacy rate for 2017 was 86.00%, a 3% increase from 2016.

Iraq literacy rate for 2016 was 83.00%, a 1% increase from 2014.
Iraq literacy rate for 2014 was 82.00%, a 5% increase from 2012.
Iraq literacy rate for 2012 was 77.00%, a 3% 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.