View yearly updates and historical trends for Syria Adult Literacy Rate. Source: World Bank. Track economic data with YCharts analytics.

Syria: Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2021 is 98 percent, an increase from 96.1 percent in 2014. In comparison, the world average is 93.45 percent, based on data from 58 countries. Historically, the average for Syria from 1981 to 2021 is 91.02 percent. The minimum value, 74 percent, was reached in 1981 while the maximum of 98 percent was recorded in 2021.

Historical dataset showing Syrian Arab Republic literacy rate by year from 1981 to 2021.

Adult literacy rate of Syrian Arab Republic jumped by 8.92% from 86.3 % in 2014 to 94.0 % in 2021. Since the 2.41% reduction in 2004, adult literacy rate shot up by 16.05% in 2021. Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

The average for 2021 based on 2 countries was 99 percent. The highest value was in the United Arab Emirates: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Syria: 98 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2020, the highest percentage of female literacy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was in Jordan at about **** percent of the females. Within the region, Syria, Libya and Iraq have been suffering from conflict and humanitarian crises.

97 (Percent) in 2009.

République arabe syrienne: Female literacy rate, ages 15-24: Pour cet indicateur, UNESCO fournit des données pour la République arabe syrienne de 1981 à 2021. La valeur moyenne pour République arabe syrienne pendant cette période était de 87.38 pour cent avec un minimum de 59 pour cent en 1981 et un maximum de 98 pour cent en 2021.

The data were collected as part of the FIERCE project, investigating the effects of a reading programme on refugee children's educational trajectories. The data were collected from 322 Syrian refugee families living in Jordan (Amman and Al-Zaatari refugee camp) at three timepoints between February 2021 and May 2022. We collected a range of measurements on children's literacy, reading attitudes, socio-emotional learning, mental health and wellbeing; as well as the mothers' and fathers' reading attitudes, mental health and wellbeing, family dynamics and parenting (see the FIERCE data guide for detailed description). Additionally, we also collected data on children's and mothers' cognitive and emotional processing, mother-child interactions, and children's executive function.Community-led, shared book-reading interventions can improve early childhood development and reduce inequity. One such program, We Love Reading (WLR), was implemented in Jordan in response to the Syrian refugee crisis and involves mothers reading stories to children. This research project uses qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate the potentially transformative nature of WLR among Syrian refugees in Jordan. Specifically, we interviewed stakeholders (Syrian refugee parents and 7-18 year old children) and conducted a randomised controlled trial with Syrian refugee mothers and their 4-8-year-old children. We use semi-structured interviews for the qualitative component. We use multiple methods in this wait-listed, randomized controlled trial - including survey measures, behavioural assessments, and participant observation - immediately before and immediately after the WLR intervention. The goal of this evaluation study is to understand how WLR may impact Syrian refugee children’s educational trajectories, literacy, and love of reading. Participants were Syrian refugee families (mothers, fathers, children) living in Jordan. The data collection for all timepoints took place in participants’ homes, in Arabic, and the surveys were completed using KoBoToolbox offline survey tool. Two female fieldworkers visited participants’ homes at each timepoint and simultaneously collected data from the mother and child. Two male fieldworkers collected data from the fathers over the phone at two timepoints. The fieldworkers were all native Arabic speakers and were trained on all measures before the data collection process. Before the start of the data collection process at each timepoint, all measures were also piloted with families who did not take part in the FIERCE project. All information was collected verbally by the fieldworkers and data collection in each household lasted on average 1 hour. Visual scales were used to aid the participants’ understanding of the Likert scales. Wherever possible, we used locally developed measures in Arabic (e.g., Father Involvement Questionnaire), or measures developed elsewhere but previously validated in Arabic (e.g., Dyadic Adjustment Scale). If this was not possible, we used measures originally developed and validated in English (e.g., Reader Self Concept Scale) and used a team translation framework, where questions were translated and back translated by members of the research group. This was done to ensure that all items were understandable and valid in Arabic and were relevant in the local context. The full surveys used at all three timepoints are available in English and Arabic on the OSF page in the Planning and Measures section. The information on which measures were completed at which timepoint are available on the OSF page and in the data guide document. The data from all surveys and the syntax used to compute the final variables are available on the OSF page (Knowledge Translation/FIERCE data).

Abstract

The principal objective of MICS 2 is to provide up- to-date information, through a nationally representative survey of households, women and children, to be used for assessing the situation of children and women in Syria at the end of the decade (1990s), furnishing data needed both for monitoring the country's progress towards the goals established at the United Nations f World Summit for Children as well as for providing the information base for future action. The Survey was specially focused on estimating, accurately and at sub-national levels of detail, the prevailing state of infant and child mortality; education and literacy; water supply and sanitation; nutritional status of children; immunization of children against infections diseases; promotion of child health through dietary means; prevention, management and treatment of morbidity conditions among children; access to MCH and other health-related services; contraceptive prevalence and family planning; safeguards against the spread of HIV/AIDS; and several other aspects of children's welfare such as care for orphans, prevention of child abuse (the employment of minors), and the due registration of births.

Geographic coverage

National

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The MICS 2, based as it was on a sample of 10,000 households drawn in accordance with a multi-stage random sampling procedure, could be described as a large-scale investigation which extended over all parts of Syria, providing due representation to the entire population of the country. The first stage of sampling had involved the identification of one-thousand clusters (i.e. survey localities), each with a population of 100 households. The number of clusters identified in each Governorate was determined on the basis of its ratio in the total population of Syria. In the second stage, 10 households were randomly drawn from the one-hundred households in each of the selected clusters. There could, thus, be no dispute regarding the validity of this sampling procedure.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]