Literacy Rate of Persons (15 Years and Over) in Gaza Strip

 by Age Groups and Sex, 1995, 1997, 2000-2023

   

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Age Groups and Sex

Year

1995

1997

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Both Sexes

15-19

97.1

96.8

97.7

98.4

98.3

98.6

98.8

99.0

99.0

 99.2 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.4 99.2

20-24

96.2

96.2

97.1

98.2

97.9

98.1

98.7

99.0

98.5

 98.7 98.9 98.9 98.6 98.9 99.2 99.4 99.4 99.1 98.9 99.3 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.4 99.2

25-34

95.8

94.9

96.0

97.3

97.5

98.0

97.7

98.4

98.4

 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.6 98.6 98.9 98.9 98.9 99.0 99.2 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.2 99.4 99.3 99.2

35-44

91.6

91.9

95.2

95.5

96.2

97.0

96.9

96.9

97.6

 98.0 97.8 97.6 98.0 98.0 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.9 98.6 98.4 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.0 98.9 99.1

45-54

68.0

78.0

88.2

87.2

89.4

68.0

70.1

72.9

74.8

 76.8 77.4 80.6 81.8 83.2 86.4 88.7 88.8 89.5 90.3 89.8 91.9 92.8 93.2 93.6 94.6 94.4

55-64

36.6

41.7

52.0

51.8

58.7

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65+

26.8

21.9

24.1

23.6

21.3

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Total

84.9

86.3

89.3

89.9

90.7

91.9

92.4

93.3

93.7

 94.3 94.4 94.9 95.2 95.5 96.4 96.8 96.9 97.0 97.2 97.0 97.6 97.8 98.0 98.0 98.2 98.1

Males

15-19

96.7

96.0

97.1

98.4

98.4

98.4

98.7

98.8

98.9

 99.2 99.4 99.3 99.2  99.1 99.3 99.3 99.1 98.9 99.3 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.5 99.5 99.3 99.3

20-24

95.7

96.1

96.2

98.3

98.1

98.3

98.7

99.2

98.6

 99.0 99.2 99.1 98.8 99.0 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.3 99.1 99.2 99.4 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.0

25-34

96.3

95.6

97.4

97.6

98.1

98.7

98.3

98.8

98.7

 98.9 98.8 98.5 98.3 98.4 99.3 98.9 99.1 98.9 99.0 98.9 98.7 99.0 99.3 99.5 99.4 99.3

35-44

95.0

94.1

97.0

97.7

97.7

98.5

98.2

97.9

98.4

 98.8 98.5 98.7 98.9 98.7 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.2 98.9 98.6 99.2 99.5 99.2 99.0 98.8 99.1

45-54

91.2

92.6

94.9

95.4

96.8

84.2

86.0

88.4

88.8

 90.0 90.3 91.4 91.8 93.6 94.8 95.8 95.3 96.1 96.6 95.7 96.9 97.4 97.6 97.4 98.2 98.0

55-64

64.9

71.4

81.4

84.0

86.8

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65+

46.0

40.6

50.5

43.8

40.6

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Total

91.1

91.4

93.8

94.5

94.8

95.8

96.1

96.7

96.8

97.3

 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.7 98.3 98.5 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.7 98.9 99.0 98.9 99.0 98.9

Females

15-19

97.7

97.6

98.3

98.5

98.3

98.7

98.9

99.2

99.2

 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.1 98.9 98.9 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.8 99.5 99.1

20-24

96.8

96.3

98.0

98.0

97.7

97.9

98.7

98.8

98.5

 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.8 99.2 99.4 99.3 98.9 98.8 99.4 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.4

25-34

95.3

94.3

94.5

97.1

96.9

97.3

97.1

97.9

98.2

 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.9 98.8 98.6 98.8 98.8 99.1 99.4 99.1 99.4 99.0 99.1 99.4 99.3 99.2

35-44

87.8

89.6

93.3

93.1

94.5

95.5

95.4

95.9

96.7

 97.1 97.1 96.4 97.1 97.4 98.1 97.8 97.9 98.6 98.2 98.2 99.1 98.9 99.2 98.9 99.0 99.2

45-54

49.2

63.8

81.7

79.0

81.9

53.3

55.8

58.8

62.0

 64.5 65.0 70.4 72.1 73.2 78.3 81.7 82.4 82.9 84.1 84.0 86.9 88.2 88.9 89.7 91.0 90.7

55-64

15.5

19.3

30.1

27.2

36.5

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65+

9.8

7.6

4.0

8.2

6.4

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Total

78.6

81.2

84.7

85.3

86.5

88.1

88.7

89.7

90.6

91.2

 91.4 92.4 93.0 93.3 94.5 95.2 95.3 95.6 95.8 95.7 96.6 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.3 97.2
*: In 2003-2023 the age group 45-54 represents the age group 45+
Note: Data for Gaza Strip for 2024 is not available due to the ongoing aggression on the Strip since October 7, 2023.