Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male was 21.57 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) stood at 21.57 million. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 33.21 million in 2009 and was at its lowest, 21.57 million, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 94th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 26.23 million | — |
| 1990 | 26.03 million | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 26.48 million | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 26.93 million | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 27.58 million | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 27.78 million | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 27.87 million | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 28.31 million | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 28.77 million | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 27.24 million | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 27.47 million | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 27.81 million | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 28.18 million | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 28.30 million | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 28.41 million | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 28.48 million | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 28.51 million | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 32.53 million | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 32.82 million | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 32.89 million | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 33.21 million | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 28.19 million | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 28.26 million | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 32.68 million | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 29.79 million | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 29.75 million | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 25.98 million | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 22.30 million | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 22.49 million | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 23.03 million | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 22.69 million | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 22.86 million | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 22.31 million | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 21.71 million | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 21.61 million | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 21.57 million | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.23 million | 26.23 million | 26.23 million | 1 |
| 1990s | 27.45 million | 26.03 million | 28.77 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.11 million | 27.81 million | 33.21 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.52 million | 22.30 million | 32.68 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.01 million | 21.57 million | 22.86 million | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 9.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 12.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.09 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 566,569 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1028 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 21.57 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.21 million in 2009.
- What is the lowest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.57 million in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 94th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release