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Iran, Islamic Rep.
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females 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.

Global rank#25out of 35 countries
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Historical trend

85.169.954.839.624.4197620002023Iran, Islamic Rep. · 2023: 85.09%Iran, Islamic Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Iran, Islamic Rep. records 85.09% for Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in 2023, ranking #25 globally out of 35 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) increased from 24.42% in 1976 to 85.09% in 2023, a gain of 60.67%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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