United Arab Emirates
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
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.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- United Arab Emirates records 99 for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2024, ranking #3 globally out of 29 countries.
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) increased from 54 in 1975 to 99 in 2024, a gain of 45.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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