Egypt - Literacy rate 2017 | countryeconomy.com

LITERACY RATE IN Egypt

The literacy rate goes down in Egypt

According to UNESCO Egypt it has an adult literacy rate of 71.17%. While the male literacy rate is 76.5%, for females is 65.51%, showing a gap between the sexes.

Compared to the rest of countries is number 124º in the ranking of literacy rate.

The literacy rate,has dropped in recent years.

Here we show you literacy rate in Egypt. You can see also:

Literacy rate in other countries: ranking of literacy rate
Government expenditure on education in Egypt
Economic information about Egypt: Egypt's economy

Egypt - Literacy rate

Date	Adult literacy rate female	Adult literacy rate male	Adult literacy rate	Adult literacy rate 15-24 female	Adult literacy rate 15-24 male	Adult literacy rate 15-24
2017	65.51%	76.50%	71.17%	86.81%	89.48%	88.19%
2013	62.71%	81.69%	72.44%	90.33%	93.65%	92.02%
2012	65.76%	81.68%	73.87%	86.05%	92.36%	89.28%
2010	63.52%	80.27%	72.05%	84.31%	90.56%	87.51%
2006	57.81%	74.62%	66.37%	81.75%	87.86%	84.88%
2005	56.12%	77.91%	67.33%	78.78%	90.08%	84.85%
1996	43.60%	67.15%	55.59%	66.93%	78.99%	73.22%
1986	31.39%	56.98%	44.42%	54.00%	71.38%	63.33%
1976	22.44%	53.62%	38.20%	38.12%	63.04%	51.03%

Egypt - Literacy rate