Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 22.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 22.3%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 22.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 1989.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 189th out of 201 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5.3% | — |
| 1990 | 5.4% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 5.5% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 5.7% | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 6.0% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 6.4% | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 6.7% | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 7.3% | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 7.9% | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 8.5% | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 9.1% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 9.5% | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 9.8% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 10.8% | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 11.9% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 14.2% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | +17.2% |
| 2017 | 20.9% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 21.2% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 21.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 21.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 21.7% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 5.4% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.5% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 12.9% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 21.5% | 22.3% | 3 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 22.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 1989.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 189th out of 201 groups with data for 2022.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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