Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 52.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) stood at 52.7%. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 52.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.8%, in 1979.
That places ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 97th 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 54 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 26.5% | — |
| 1972 | 26.5% | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 26.5% | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 26.5% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 26.5% | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 26.6% | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 26.7% | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 26.9% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 24.8% | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 24.8% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 25.1% | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 25.4% | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 26.0% | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 27.1% | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 27.2% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 27.6% | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 28.1% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 28.6% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 29.7% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 30.5% | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 30.7% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 31.2% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 31.7% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 31.9% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 31.9% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 33.2% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 33.3% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 33.3% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 33.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 35.0% | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 35.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.1% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 35.1% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 35.0% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 35.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 35.5% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 36.3% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 38.3% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 38.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 40.5% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 41.6% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 42.3% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 42.9% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 43.5% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 44.6% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 45.0% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 46.4% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 47.7% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 48.8% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 50.0% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 51.1% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 51.9% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 52.7% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.4% | 24.8% | 26.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 27.0% | 24.8% | 29.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.1% | 30.5% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.7% | 35.0% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.4% | 38.9% | 47.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.9% | 48.8% | 52.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 24.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 19.24 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 18.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 52.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 52.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.8% in 1979.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 97th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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