Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female was 39.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 39.3%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 39.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 1975.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 113th 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 50 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13.2% | — |
| 1976 | 13.3% | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 13.4% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 13.5% | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 13.6% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 13.7% | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 13.8% | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 13.9% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 14.2% | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 14.3% | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 14.5% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 14.4% | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 15.4% | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 17.5% | +14.0% |
| 1989 | 17.7% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 17.9% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 18.1% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 18.3% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 18.9% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 19.2% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 19.7% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 20.3% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 20.8% | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 24.9% | +19.5% |
| 1999 | 24.7% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 24.6% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 26.1% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 26.3% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 24.6% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 25.1% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 25.6% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 26.4% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 31.1% | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 31.4% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 31.5% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 32.9% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 33.5% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 34.5% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 35.3% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 36.2% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 35.5% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 36.3% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 37.1% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 38.0% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 38.6% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 39.3% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.4% | 13.2% | 13.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 14.9% | 13.7% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.3% | 17.9% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.4% | 24.6% | 26.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.4% | 31.1% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.9% | 36.3% | 39.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 39.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 1975.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 113th out of 201 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower 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.
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February 2026 Data Release