Literacy Rate of Persons (15 Years and Over) in Palestine

by Age Groups and Sex,  1995, 1997, 2000-2016

   

Age Groups and Sex

Year

1995

1997

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Both Sexes

15-19

97.1

97.6

98.7

99.1

99.1

99.1

99.2

99.3

99.2

99.2

99.4

99.4

99.4

99.4 

99.4

99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5

20-24

96.2

97.0

98.7

98.7

98.6

98.6

98.8

99.2

99.3

99.0

98.9

99.2

99.1

99.2

99.1

99.3 99.4 99.3 99.3

25-34

95.8

95.3

97.5

97.9

98.2

98.3

98.7

98.8

98.8

98.9

99.0

99.2

99.1

99.0

99.2

99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1

35-44

91.6

89.7

93.7

95.1

95.7

96.0

96.9

97.1

97.3

97.7

97.7

98.0

98.1

98.3

98.7

98.6 98.7 98.8 98.7

45-54

68.0

73.9

82.7

84.5

87.0

69.4

70.0

72.2

74.7

76.3

76.9

79.0

80.8

82.2

84.7

86.6 87.3 88.4 89.6

55-64

36.6

46.0

56.7

58.6

64.7

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*

*

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*

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*

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*

*

*

*

*

*

65+

26.8

31.8

31.8

38.1

39.3

*

 *

*

*

*

 *

*

 *

 *

 *

 *

 *

 *

 *

Total

84.9

85.9

89.2

90.3

91.2

91.8

92.2

92.8

93.3

93.7

93.9

94.4

94.9

95.3

95.9

96.3

96.4 96.7 96.9

Males

15-19

96.7

97.5

98.4

99.2

99.1

99.1

99.2

99.4

99.1

99.2

99.3

99.3

99.3

99.3

99.5

99.6 99.4 99.4 99.5

20-24

95.7

97.4

98.5

98.8

99.1

98.8

99.3

99.5

99.3

99.1

99.2

99.1

99.1

99.2

99.1

99.2 99.4 99.5 99.4

25-34

96.3

96.9

98.3

98.8

98.7

98.9

99.1

99.2

99.1

99.0

99.2

99.2

99.0

98.9

99.4

99.2 99.2 99.0 99

35-44

95.0

95.6

97.0

98.0

98.4

98.5

98.7

98.9

99.0

99.1

99.2

99.2

99.0

98.9

99.0

99.2 99.3 99.0 98.9

45-54

91.2

91.9

95.7

96.3

96.8

87.7

88.0

88.5

90.2

90.3

89.3

91.2

92.2

93.5

94.3

95.2 95.3 96.0 96.7

55-64

64.9

74.9

83.7

83.7

86.5

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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

65+

46.0

55.6

56.5

63.5

65.0

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total

91.1

92.7

94.7

95.7

96.1

96.5

96.8

97.0

97.2

97.2

97.1

97.4

97.6

97.9

98.2

98.4

98.4 98.5 98.6

Females

15-19

97.7

97.8

99.1

98.9

99.1

99.2

99.3

99.3

99.3

99.2

99.5

99.5

99.5

99.5

99.3

99.2 99.3 99.4 99.4

20-24

96.8

96.7

98.7

98.5

98.1

98.3

98.4

98.8

99.4

98.9

98.7

99.4

99.0

99.2

99.2

99.4 99.3 99.1 99.2

25-34

95.3

93.5

96.7

96.9

97.6

97.8

98.3

98.4

98.3

98.7

98.9

99.1

99.2

99.1

99.1

99.1 99.0 99.2 99.2

35-44

87.8

83.4

90.3

91.9

93.0

93.4

95.0

95.1

95.6

96.2

96.1

96.8

97.1

97.6

98.5

97.9 98.0 98.6 98.4

45-54

49.2

56.3

70.0

72.6

77.0

52.5

53.7

57.2

60.4

63.2

65.3

67.3

69.7

71.4

75.3

78.2 79.5 80.9 82.8

55-64

15.5

22.9

35.0

37.0

46.4

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*

*

*

*

*

*

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*

*

*

*

*

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65+

9.8

11.7

12.0

18.2

19.5

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total

78.6

78.9

83.6

84.8

86.3

87.1

87.6

88.4

89.3

90.0

90.6

91.3

92.2

92.6

93.6

94.1

94.4 94.9 95.2

*: In 2003-2015 the age group 45-54 represents the age group 45+.