Literacy Rate of Persons (15 Years and Over) in Gaza Strip

 by Age Groups and Sex, 1995, 1997, 2000-2012

   

Age Groups and Sex

Year

1995

1997

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010 2011 2012

Both Sexes

15-19

97.1

96.8

97.7

98.4

98.3

98.6

98.8

99.0

99.0

99.2 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.2

20-24

96.2

96.2

97.1

98.2

97.9

98.1

98.7

99.0

98.5

98.7 98.9 98.9 98.6 98.9 99.2

25-34

95.8

94.9

96.0

97.3

97.5

98.0

97.7

98.4

98.4

98.6 98.5 98.4 98.6 98.6 98.9

35-44

91.6

91.9

95.2

95.5

96.2

97.0

96.9

96.9

97.6

98.0 97.8 97.6 98.0 98.0 98.5

45-54

68.0

78.0

88.2

87.2

89.4

68.0

70.1

72.9

74.8

76.8 77.4 80.6 81.8 83.2 86.4

55-64

36.6

41.7

52.0

51.8

58.7

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*

*

65+

26.8

21.9

24.1

23.6

21.3

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*

*

 *

*

*

 *

 *

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Total

84.9

86.3

89.3

89.9

90.7

91.9

92.4

93.3

93.7

94.3 94.4 94.9 95.2 95.5 96.4

Males

15-19

96.7

96.0

97.1

98.4

98.4

98.4

98.7

98.8

98.9

99.2 99.4 99.3 99.2  99.1 99.3

20-24

95.7

96.1

96.2

98.3

98.1

98.3

98.7

99.2

98.6

99.0 99.2 99.1 98.8 99.0 99.1

25-34

96.3

95.6

97.4

97.6

98.1

98.7

98.3

98.8

98.7

98.9 98.8 98.5 98.3 98.4 99.3

35-44

95.0

94.1

97.0

97.7

97.7

98.5

98.2

97.9

98.4

98.8 98.5 98.7 98.9 98.7 98.8

45-54

91.2

92.6

94.9

95.4

96.8

84.2

86.0

88.4

88.8

90.0 90.3 91.4 91.8 93.6 94.8

55-64

64.9

71.4

81.4

84.0

86.8

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*

*

65+

46.0

40.6

50.5

43.8

40.6

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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total

91.1

91.4

93.8

94.5

94.8

95.8

96.1

96.7

96.8

97.3

97.3 97.4 97.4 97.7 98.3

Females

15-19

97.7

97.6

98.3

98.5

98.3

98.7

98.9

99.2

99.2

99.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.1

20-24

96.8

96.3

98.0

98.0

97.7

97.9

98.7

98.8

98.5

98.5 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.8 99.2

25-34

95.3

94.3

94.5

97.1

96.9

97.3

97.1

97.9

98.2

98.3 98.2 98.3 98.9 98.8 98.6

35-44

87.8

89.6

93.3

93.1

94.5

95.5

95.4

95.9

96.7

97.1 97.1 96.4 97.1 97.4 98.1

45-54

49.2

63.8

81.7

79.0

81.9

53.3

55.8

58.8

62.0

64.5 65.0 70.4 72.1 73.2 78.3

55-64

15.5

19.3

30.1

27.2

36.5

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*

*

*

65+

9.8

7.6

4.0

8.2

6.4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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*

*

Total

78.6

81.2

84.7

85.3

86.5

88.1

88.7

89.7

90.6

91.2

91.4 92.4 93.0 93.3 94.5

*: In 2003-2012 the age group 45-54 represents the age group 45+