Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female was 13.49 million in 2024. β² Rising
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1989β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) stood at 13.49 million. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 13.49 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.00 million, in 1990.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 145th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.07 million | 9.07 million | 9.07 million | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.85 million | 9.00 million | 10.44 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.04 million | 10.39 million | 11.55 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.14 million | 11.76 million | 12.94 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.30 million | 13.09 million | 13.49 million | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 10.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 13.49 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.49 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.00 million in 1990.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 145th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release