Iraq's adult literacy rose from 74.1 % in 2000 to 84.1 % in 2021.
Iraq's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 69.8 % in 1971 to 104.6 % in 2007.
Iraq · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Iraq's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 84.8 % in 2000 to 92.4 % in 2021.
Iraq's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 26.6 % in 1971 to 50.6 % in 2007.
Iraq's tertiary enrolment rose from 4.9 % in 1971 to 15.6 % in 2005.
Iraq's children out of school, primary fell from 689,516 in 1971 to 498,693 in 2007.
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- Primary completion ratedown −8.4 pts110th of 128*
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.5 pts67th of 90*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.5 pts86th of 97*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs133rd of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs97th of 145
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- Education spendingup +1.1 pts35th of 55*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)28th of 55*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −17.4 %51st of 145*
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