Literacy rate in Syria in 2021 — 94.42%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 44. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 38.77 pp.
1981–2021 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 94.42 | — |
| 2004 | 80.84 | — |
| 2002 | 82.89 | — |
| 1981 | 55.65 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
