Azerbaijan: Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 1.56 percentage points from 98.17% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 12 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.02 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Azerbaijan in the 2023 ranking

• Armenia — 1st of 7: 99.9%
• Mauritius — 3rd of 7: 92.74%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 4th of 7: 85.09%
• Tunisia — 5th of 7: 80.07%

What this measures

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Limitations: In practice, literacy is difficult to measure. Estimating literacy rates requires census or survey measurements under controlled conditions. Many countries report the number of literate people from self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy but apply different lengths of school attendance or levels of completion. Ant there is a trend among recent national and international surveys toward using a direct reading test of literacy skills. Because definitions and methods of data collection differ across countries, data should be used cautiously.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 13 values

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in nearby economies

• Armenia — 99.9% (2023)
• Georgia — 99.62% (2024)
• Spain — 99.59% (2021)
• Türkiye — 95.27% (2021)

More education data for Azerbaijan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 603,966 (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 46.29% (2021)
• Primary education, teachers — 38,731 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 94.18% (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross) — 46.22% (2021)
• School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Azerbaijan's literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)?

99.73% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 1.56 percentage points from 98.17% in 1999. The highest value was 99.73% in 2019 and the lowest 98.17% in 1999.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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