Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male was 86.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
86.7%
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
99th
of 203 groups
All-time high
87.0%
in 2020
All-time low
75.0%
in 1982
Years of data
43
1982–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) recorded 86.7% for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 87.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 1982.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 99th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 75.0% | — |
| 1983 | 75.2% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 75.7% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 76.1% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 76.5% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 76.9% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 77.2% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 77.5% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 77.8% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 77.5% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 77.6% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 77.8% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 78.1% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 78.6% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 78.9% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 79.1% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 78.9% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 79.8% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 80.1% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 80.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 81.1% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 81.2% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 80.9% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 80.7% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 79.6% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 79.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 79.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 79.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 80.5% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 83.0% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 85.2% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 85.7% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 85.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 85.5% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 85.9% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 84.5% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 85.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 87.0% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 87.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 86.1% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 86.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 76.3% | 75.0% | 77.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 78.4% | 77.5% | 79.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.2% | 79.3% | 81.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 80.5% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 86.1% | 87.0% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 86.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 1982.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 99th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 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