Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male was 81.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) is 81.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 81.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.5%, in 1975.
That places ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 136th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 49.5% | — |
| 1976 | 49.6% | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 49.9% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 50.1% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 50.4% | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 50.6% | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 50.8% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 51.1% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 51.3% | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 51.6% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 51.8% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 52.1% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 52.4% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 54.9% | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 55.8% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 56.0% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 56.4% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 56.8% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 57.8% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 58.8% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 59.3% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 59.7% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 63.0% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 63.6% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 64.0% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 64.3% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 64.8% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 65.5% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 66.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 66.5% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 62.4% | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 62.6% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 63.1% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 63.2% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 69.5% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 69.9% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 65.6% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 69.3% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 69.9% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 74.4% | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 78.6% | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 78.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 78.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 79.2% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 79.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 80.3% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 81.1% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 81.9% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.9% | 49.5% | 50.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 52.2% | 50.6% | 55.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.7% | 55.8% | 63.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.2% | 62.4% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.4% | 65.6% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.8% | 79.4% | 81.9% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.04 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 508,954 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 735,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5067 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 81.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.5% in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 136th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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