Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) (literacy) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) (literacy) was 36.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) is 36.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 36.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 1988.
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 114th of 201 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) (literacy) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7.4% | — |
| 1989 | 7.5% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 7.6% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 7.7% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 7.9% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 8.1% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 8.3% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 8.5% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 8.8% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 9.6% | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 11.2% | +17.1% |
| 1999 | 12.4% | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 12.8% | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 13.9% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 14.4% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 21.4% | +41.5% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 25.8% | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 26.1% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 26.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 25.0% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 25.8% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 25.1% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 26.1% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 27.3% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 28.5% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 29.8% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 31.0% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 33.0% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 34.3% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 35.6% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 36.8% | +3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) (literacy) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +41.5% | 15.1% | 21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.0% | 7.6% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.8% | 12.8% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 23.8% | 29.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.1% | 31.0% | 36.8% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.11 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.79 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9826 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 36.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 1988.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 114th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 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