Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male was 82.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) stood at 82.8%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 82.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 1975.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 130th 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: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 50.0% | — |
| 1976 | 50.1% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50.6% | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 51.2% | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 51.8% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 52.3% | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 52.8% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 53.3% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 53.9% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 54.4% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 54.9% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 55.9% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 57.4% | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 58.0% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 58.6% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 59.1% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 60.1% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 61.1% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 61.7% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 62.3% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 62.9% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 63.5% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 68.6% | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 69.1% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 69.6% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 70.2% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 70.7% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 71.7% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 72.3% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 72.7% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 72.5% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 73.0% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 73.7% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 74.4% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 75.9% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 76.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 76.1% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 77.0% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 77.4% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 78.6% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 79.7% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 80.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 80.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 80.0% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 80.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 81.2% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 81.8% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 82.3% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 82.8% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50.8% | 50.0% | 51.8% | 5 |
| 1980s | 54.8% | 52.3% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.7% | 58.6% | 69.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.1% | 69.6% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.1% | 75.9% | 80.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 80.5% | 82.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 51.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 82.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 130th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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