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Jordan
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#18out of 29 countries
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Historical trend

97.486.174.763.452.1197920022024Jordan · 2024: 92.03%Jordan

Analytical takeaways

  • Jordan records 92.03% for Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in 2024, ranking #18 globally out of 29 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) increased from 52.11% in 1979 to 92.03% in 2024, a gain of 39.92%.
  • 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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