Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male was 84.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) stood at 84.2%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 84.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.4%, in 1989.
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 119th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 74.4% | — |
| 1990 | 74.9% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 75.4% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 75.9% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 76.4% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 77.1% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 77.5% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 77.9% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 78.7% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 78.3% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 79.1% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 79.2% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 79.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 79.4% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 79.5% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 79.5% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 77.3% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 75.6% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 75.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 75.0% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 75.2% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 75.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 78.8% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 80.8% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 81.5% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 81.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 81.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 82.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 82.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 83.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 83.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 83.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 83.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 84.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 84.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.4% | 74.4% | 74.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 77.1% | 74.9% | 79.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.6% | 75.0% | 79.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.1% | 75.3% | 83.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.8% | 83.4% | 84.2% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.79 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 7.28 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 29.69 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 84.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.4% in 1989.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 119th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release