The illiteracy rate of the population in urban and rural of Egypt (by %)
| Urban | Rural | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | |
| 1996 | 19.9 | 33.9 | 26.7 | 36.4 | 63.3 | 49.6 | 29.0 | 50.2 | 39.4 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 21.9 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 17.8 | 13.3 |
| Urban | Rural | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | |
| 1996 | 19.9 | 33.9 | 26.7 | 36.4 | 63.3 | 49.6 | 29.0 | 50.2 | 39.4 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 21.9 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 17.8 | 13.3 |
Source(s): Central agency for public mobilization and statistics, population census
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