The adult literacy rate in Iran is 86.8%. Male literacy is 91.2%. Female literacy is 82.5%. Therefore, the literacy of men and women differ by 8.7%. Government spending on education is 4.7% of GDP. Iran's education index is 0.683 - the formal level of education in the country is average, but the majority of the population has at least secondary education; Higher education is possible and not uncommon. The people of Iran speak the Persian language.
English language It is not known how many people speak English in Iran and at what level they speak English. Most likely, there are no native English speakers, or their number is undetectable by standard statistical methods.