Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 67.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) is 67.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 67.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.4%, in 1975.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 85th of 201 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 28.4% | — |
| 1976 | 28.4% | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 28.4% | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 28.5% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 28.4% | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 28.4% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 28.6% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 28.8% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 29.0% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 29.3% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 29.5% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 29.7% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 30.7% | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 34.3% | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 34.6% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 35.0% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 35.1% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 35.3% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 35.6% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 35.8% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 36.0% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 36.3% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 44.2% | +21.8% |
| 1998 | 45.9% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 45.8% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 45.7% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 45.7% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 45.7% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 46.2% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 46.4% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 46.3% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 47.5% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 51.8% | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 52.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 53.3% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 55.4% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 56.0% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 56.8% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 57.3% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 58.8% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 59.3% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 60.6% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 62.3% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 63.5% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 64.0% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 64.9% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 65.6% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 66.4% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 67.2% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 67.8% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.4% | 28.4% | 28.5% | 5 |
| 1980s | 30.3% | 28.4% | 34.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.5% | 35.0% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.1% | 45.7% | 53.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.4% | 55.4% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.4% | 64.9% | 67.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 67.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 67.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.4% in 1975.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 85th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release