Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 28.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 28.2%. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 28.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 1985.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 170th 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 WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8.0% | — |
| 1986 | 8.0% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 8.3% | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 8.5% | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 8.5% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 8.6% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 8.8% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 8.9% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 8.9% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 9.0% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 9.5% | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 9.7% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 10.0% | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 10.9% | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 11.2% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 11.2% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 11.7% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 14.1% | +20.4% |
| 2007 | 15.1% | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 18.6% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 19.1% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 17.9% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 18.2% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 18.6% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 23.9% | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 24.8% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 25.4% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 26.9% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 27.6% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 28.2% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.3% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 9.5% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.4% | 11.2% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 17.9% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.9% | 25.4% | 28.2% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 28.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 1985.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 170th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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