Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 22.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) is 22.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) peaked at 22.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 1980.
That places ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 188th out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.9% | — |
| 1981 | 6.9% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 7.0% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7.7% | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 7.7% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7.8% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 7.9% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 8.0% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 8.0% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 8.0% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 8.1% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 7.7% | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 7.8% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 8.0% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 8.2% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 8.4% | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 8.7% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 8.9% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 7.4% | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | +36.6% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +26.3% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 17.0% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 19.4% | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 19.9% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 21.1% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 21.7% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 22.3% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 22.9% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.5% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.4% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 13.7% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.7% | 20.5% | 22.9% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 25.62 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.25 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 48.93 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 23.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 22.23 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) was 22.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 1980.
- How does ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 188th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release