Table 2.
Adult literacy rate (% ages ≥ 15) and combined gross enrolment ratio [4]
| Country | HDI | Literacy (%) | Literacy (%) | Enrolment (%) | Enrolment (%) |
| 2002 Rank | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Algeria | 108 | 78.0 | 59.6 | 72.0 | 69.0 |
| Bahrain | 40 | 91.5 | 84.2 | 77.0 | 82.0 |
| Comoros | 136 | 63.5 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 41.0 |
| Djibouti | 154 | 76.1 | 55.5 | 28.0 | 20.0 |
| Egypt | 120 | 67.2 | 43.6 | 80.0 | 72.0 |
| Jordan | 90 | 95.5 | 85.9 | 76.0 | 77.0 |
| Kuwait | 44 | 84.7 | 81 | 71.0 | 81.0 |
| Lebanon | 80 | 92.4 | 81 | 77.0 | 79.0 |
| Lybia | 58 | 91.8 | 70.7 | 93.0 | 100.0 |
| Mauritania | 152 | 51.5 | 31.3 | 46.0 | 42.0 |
| Morocco | 125 | 63.3 | 38.3 | 61.0 | 52.0 |
| Oman | 74 | 82.0 | 65.4 | 62.0 | 63.0 |
| Qatar | 47 | 84.9 | 82.3 | 79.0 | 84.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 77 | 84.1 | 69.5 | 58.0 | 57.0 |
| Sudan | 139 | 70.8 | 49.1 | 39.0 | 34.0 |
| Syria | 106 | 91.0 | 74.2 | 62.0 | 57.0 |
| Tunisia | 92 | 83.1 | 63.1 | 74.0 | 75.0 |
| UAE | 49 | 80.7 | 75.6 | 65.0 | 72.0 |
| Yemen | 149 | 69.5 | 28.5 | 66.0 | 37.0 |