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Iran, Islamic Rep.
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.

Global rank#21out of 33 countries
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Historical trend

88.975.862.749.636.5197620002023Iran, Islamic Rep. · 2023: 89Iran, Islamic Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Iran, Islamic Rep. records 89 for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2023, ranking #21 globally out of 33 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) increased from 37 in 1976 to 89 in 2023, a gain of 52.
  • 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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