Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 15.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 15.6% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in 2021. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 15.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2000.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 198th of 201 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8.0% | — |
| 1986 | 8.0% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 8.0% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 8.0% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 8.0% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8.1% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 8.1% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 8.2% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 8.3% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 8.4% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 8.6% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 8.8% | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 9.1% | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 9.7% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 6.2% | -36.0% |
| 2001 | 6.3% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 6.7% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 7.1% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 7.0% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 7.4% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 8.9% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 5 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 6.2% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 10.2% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 15.4% | 15.6% | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 24.26 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.94 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 12.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.86 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 26.16 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.30 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 15.6% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2000.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 198th out of 201 groups with data for 2021.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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