Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female was 78.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) recorded 78.2% for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 78.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 71.1%, in 1995.
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 99th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 71.4% | — |
| 1987 | 71.7% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 72.2% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 72.5% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 72.7% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 72.9% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 72.8% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 72.1% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 71.4% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 71.1% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 71.3% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 71.2% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 71.8% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 72.1% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 72.2% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 72.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 73.3% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 73.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 73.3% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 73.7% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 73.8% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 74.1% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 74.6% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 75.1% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 74.7% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 75.3% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 75.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 75.9% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 77.3% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 77.6% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 78.0% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 78.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 76.9% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 77.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 77.5% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 78.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 78.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 71.9% | 71.4% | 72.5% | 4 |
| 1990s | 71.9% | 71.1% | 72.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.6% | 72.2% | 75.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.7% | 74.7% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 77.3% | 78.2% | 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 literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 78.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.1% in 1995.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 99th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release