Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 23.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1987–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 23.6%. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 23.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 1987.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 183rd out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6.8% | — |
| 1988 | 7.0% | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 7.1% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 7.1% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 7.3% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 7.4% | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 7.5% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 7.6% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 8.2% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 8.5% | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 9.2% | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 9.9% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 9.8% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 12.6% | +30.4% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 16.0% | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 15.7% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 16.5% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 19.5% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 20.1% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 20.6% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 21.6% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 22.9% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 8.0% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 9.5% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.2% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 20.6% | 23.6% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 64.75 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.59 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 24.29 million (2024)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 23.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 1987.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 183rd out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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