UAE Literacy Rate

UAE literacy rate for 2024 was 98.81%, a 0.75% increase from 2023.
  • UAE literacy rate for 2023 was 98.06%, a 0.23% decline from 2022.
  • UAE literacy rate for 2022 was 98.29%, a 0.16% increase from 2021.
  • UAE literacy rate for 2021 was 98.13%, a 0.35% increase from 2019.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: UAE Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1975 - 2024.