Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male was 64.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) is 64.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 64.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.2%, in 1983.
That places ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 202nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 44.2% | — |
| 1984 | 44.4% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 44.7% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 44.7% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 45.3% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 45.5% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 45.6% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 46.0% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 46.3% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 46.5% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 46.7% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 46.8% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 47.1% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 47.3% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 48.1% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 49.1% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 50.7% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 50.9% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 51.5% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 53.8% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 53.9% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 55.9% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 56.3% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 55.3% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 56.8% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 57.4% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 58.4% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 59.3% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 59.8% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 59.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 61.1% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 61.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 61.5% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 62.0% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 63.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 63.9% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 63.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 63.1% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 63.5% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 63.8% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 64.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 64.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.9% | 44.2% | 45.6% | 7 |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 46.0% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.0% | 50.9% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.5% | 59.3% | 63.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.7% | 63.1% | 64.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 9.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 64.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 64.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.2% in 1983.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 202nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 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