Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 20.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) is 20.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 20.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 1989.
That places ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 194th out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8.8% | — |
| 1983 | 8.8% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 8.9% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 8.9% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8.9% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 9.0% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 8.4% | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 8.5% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 8.6% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 8.7% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 8.9% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 9.1% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 9.9% | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 10.1% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 10.4% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 10.5% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 11.1% | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 11.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 13.4% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 14.9% | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 16.2% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 17.0% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 19.5% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 19.8% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 20.4% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 8 |
| 1990s | 9.6% | 8.5% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.7% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 12.9% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.7% | 18.6% | 20.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.25 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 661,057 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 723,016 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 642,447 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.93 % change on previous year (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 20.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 1989.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 194th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 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