Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female was 15.29 million in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 15.29 million for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 15.29 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.41 million, in 1990.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 125th out of 203 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 9.52 million | — |
| 1990 | 9.41 million | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 9.53 million | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 9.56 million | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 9.67 million | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 9.91 million | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 10.09 million | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 10.19 million | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 10.22 million | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 10.29 million | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 10.36 million | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 10.45 million | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 10.53 million | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 10.60 million | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 10.66 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10.70 million | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 10.86 million | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 12.31 million | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 12.59 million | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 12.91 million | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 13.15 million | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 13.43 million | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 13.64 million | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 13.78 million | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 13.97 million | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 14.11 million | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 14.10 million | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 14.14 million | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 14.48 million | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 14.84 million | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 15.29 million | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.52 million | 9.52 million | 9.52 million | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.92 million | 9.41 million | 10.36 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.48 million | 10.45 million | 13.15 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.18 million | 13.43 million | 15.29 million | 10 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 15.29 million in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.29 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.41 million in 1990.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 125th out of 203 groups with data for 2019.
- Is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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