Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 29.9% in 2024. β² Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1984β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) stood at 29.9%. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 29.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 1993.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 154th of 201 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 6 |
| 1990s | 10.7% | 9.9% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 12.4% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 20.8% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.3% | 26.4% | 29.9% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.01 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.87 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 43.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 21.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 29.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 29.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 1993.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 154th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 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