Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Female in Palestine
Palestine: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Female was 95.37 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Female in Palestine, 2004–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female in Palestine stood at 95.37 %. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female in Palestine peaked at 95.37 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 84.38 %, in 2004.
That places Palestine 10th out of 42 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Female in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 84.38 % | — |
| 2006 | 85.88 % | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 86.76 % | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 87.9 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 88.33 % | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 89.39 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 89.98 % | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 91.44 % | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 92.02 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 91.06 % | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 91.52 % | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 92.26 % | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 93.37 % | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 93.98 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 94.76 % | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 94.97 % | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 95.37 % | +0.4% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 95.37 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56.24 %, 1.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 95.37 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 92.29 %, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.65 % | 84.38 % | 88.33 % | 5 |
| 2010s | 91.98 % | 89.39 % | 94.76 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.17 % | 94.97 % | 95.37 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More economy & growth data for Palestine
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 14.66 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.71 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 329.83 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 103.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0192 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 60.93 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 37.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1063 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 337.15 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female in Palestine?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female in Palestine was 95.37 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 95.37 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.38 % in 2004.
- How does Palestine rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female?
- Palestine ranks 10th out of 42 countries with data for 2022.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — value — female rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.