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Saudi Arabia
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#6out of 29 countries
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Historical trend

96.786.877.067.157.3199220082024Saudi Arabia · 2024: 96.69%Saudi Arabia

Analytical takeaways

  • Saudi Arabia records 96.69% for Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in 2024, ranking #6 globally out of 29 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) increased from 57.28% in 1992 to 96.69% in 2024, a gain of 39.41%.
  • 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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