Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male was 8.67 million in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2019, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 8.67 million. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 8.67 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.11 million, in 1992.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 136th 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, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5.30 million | — |
| 1990 | 5.19 million | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 5.18 million | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 5.11 million | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 5.12 million | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 5.24 million | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 5.31 million | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 5.34 million | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 5.35 million | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5.37 million | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 5.40 million | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5.42 million | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5.43 million | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 5.43 million | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5.43 million | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 5.41 million | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.47 million | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 7.09 million | +29.5% |
| 2007 | 7.22 million | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 7.39 million | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 7.51 million | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 7.65 million | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 7.74 million | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 7.79 million | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 7.88 million | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 7.95 million | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 7.94 million | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 7.95 million | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8.14 million | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 8.39 million | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 8.67 million | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.30 million | 5.30 million | 5.30 million | 1 |
| 1990s | 5.26 million | 5.11 million | 5.40 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.18 million | 5.41 million | 7.51 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.01 million | 7.65 million | 8.67 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, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 8.67 million in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.67 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.11 million in 1992.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 136th out of 203 groups with data for 2019.
- Is adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release