Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 55.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1977–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) is 55.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 55.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.1%, in 1977.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 93rd out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 38.1% | — |
| 1978 | 38.1% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 38.1% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 38.1% | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 38.1% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 38.1% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 38.2% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 38.4% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 38.8% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 39.2% | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 39.5% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 40.4% | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 40.8% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 41.3% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 41.7% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 42.1% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 42.3% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 43.3% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 44.4% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 46.0% | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 46.0% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 48.1% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 47.9% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 47.6% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 47.6% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 47.7% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 47.9% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 48.0% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 48.1% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 44.2% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 44.5% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 44.2% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 43.8% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 47.0% | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 46.7% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 43.4% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 44.4% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 46.0% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 49.8% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 50.6% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 50.3% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 49.9% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 50.1% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 51.4% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 53.8% | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 54.6% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 55.4% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.1% | 38.1% | 38.1% | 3 |
| 1980s | 39.0% | 38.1% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.3% | 41.3% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.4% | 43.8% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.5% | 43.4% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.0% | 50.1% | 55.4% | 5 |
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More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.10 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 23.90 million (2021)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.68 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 55.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 55.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.1% in 1977.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 93rd out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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