Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 21.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) stood at 21.0%. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 57.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 21.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2000.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 191st out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8.3% | — |
| 1986 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8.3% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 8.5% | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 8.5% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 8.5% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 8.6% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 8.7% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 8.7% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 8.8% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 9.1% | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 9.3% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 9.5% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 9.7% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 9.8% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 6.7% | -31.4% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 14.4% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 19.7% | +28.0% |
| 2019 | 19.9% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 20.6% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 20.8% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 8.5% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.3% | 6.7% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 11.6% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.6% | 20.2% | 21.0% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 32.92 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 21.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 21.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2000.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 191st out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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