Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2
GPE: Region 2: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 24.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2, 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2 is 24.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 55.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2 peaked at 24.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 1985.
That places GPE: Region 2 178th out of 201 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7.4% | — |
| 1986 | 7.4% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7.4% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 7.6% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 7.6% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7.6% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 7.7% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 7.7% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 7.8% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 7.9% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 8.2% | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 8.5% | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 8.9% | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 7.6% | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 8.7% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +33.1% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 13.2% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 14.1% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 14.6% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 16.0% | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 21.3% | +18.0% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 23.3% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 23.8% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 24.4% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 24.9% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 5 |
| 1990s | 8.3% | 7.6% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.1% | 7.6% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 13.8% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8% | 22.7% | 24.9% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Region 2
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5225 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.21 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.86 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in GPE: Region 2 was 24.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The highest recorded value was 24.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 1985.
- How does GPE: Region 2 rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- GPE: Region 2 ranks 178th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in GPE: Region 2?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Region 2 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