Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Oman

Literacy rate in Oman in 2022 — 97.34%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 45. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 31.24 pp.

2022 97.34% +0.44 pp vs 2020
World rank 13of 45
Period maximum 97.34%2022
Period minimum 66.1%2003

Trend over time

2003–2022 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Oman, 2003–202260708090100200320052007200920112013201520172019202120222003: 66.1%2008: 86.62%2010: 86.94%2015: 93.04%2017: 95.58%2018: 95.65%2020: 96.9%2022: 97.34%
Change over the period: +31.24 pp Annual average: 1.64 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Oman

Oman 97.34%
World 87.39%
Literacy rate — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 97.34
2020 96.9
2018 95.65 +0.07 pp
2017 95.58
2015 93.04
2010 86.94
2008 86.62
2003 66.1

Western Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.

Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.