Literacy Rate (Adults) in Afghanistan

Literacy rate among adults reached 37.3% in 2021 in Afghanistan, according to World Bank. This is 0% more than in the previous year.

Historically, literacy rate among adults in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 43.0% in 2018 and an all time low of 18.2% in 1979.

Afghanistan has been ranked 69th within the group of 70 countries we follow in terms of literacy rate among adults.