Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 16.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) is 16.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) peaked at 16.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 1983.
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) ranks 197th of 201 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5.8% | — |
| 1984 | 5.8% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5.9% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 6.0% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 6.0% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 6.1% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 6.2% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 6.3% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 6.5% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 6.6% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 7.4% | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 7.5% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 7.8% | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 7.9% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 8.4% | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 8.8% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 8.1% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7.4% | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 8.4% | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +20.2% |
| 2008 | 10.2% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 12.0% | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 15.8% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.9% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 7.1% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.4% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 10.7% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 14.3% | 16.3% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 682,681 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.36 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.01 million (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 539,187 (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 571,047 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) was 16.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 1983.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) ranks 197th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 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