Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female was 1.77 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) is 1.77 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 1.77 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.02 million, in 1991.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 174th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.02 million | — |
| 1992 | 1.04 million | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 1.07 million | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 1.09 million | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 1.12 million | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.13 million | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1.15 million | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1.16 million | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.18 million | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1.15 million | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1.18 million | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.20 million | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.21 million | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.23 million | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.23 million | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.24 million | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.26 million | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.27 million | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.30 million | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.33 million | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.40 million | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.44 million | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.48 million | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.52 million | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.56 million | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.59 million | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.64 million | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.67 million | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.70 million | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.73 million | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.77 million | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.11 million | 1.02 million | 1.18 million | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.21 million | 1.15 million | 1.26 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.43 million | 1.27 million | 1.59 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.70 million | 1.64 million | 1.77 million | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.9% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 529,106 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.1% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 603,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 656,667 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 82,795 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 1.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 409,490 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 381,336 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 1.77 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 million in 1991.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 174th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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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February 2026 Data Release