Education in Iraq

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Education in Iraq is administered by the Ministry of Education.

UNESCO reports that Iraq previously had one of the best educational performances in the Middle Eastern/West Asian region.^[1] In primary school, gross enrollment rate used to be 100%, and literacy levels were high.^[2] The illiteracy rate was 20% in 1987.^[3] However, education has suffered since the 1980s and especially the 1990s following the Gulf war, International sanctions against Iraq, the American occupation, and general instability in the country.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2018, 92% of children were enrolled in primary school.^[4] However, only just over half of low-income children complete primary school, and less than a quarter complete secondary school.^[4] According to the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, the literacy rate was 88% in 2024.^[5]