Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 54.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) recorded 54.1% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) peaked at 54.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 1983.
That places ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 169th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 30.6% | — |
| 1982 | 30.7% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 30.1% | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 30.3% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 30.4% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 30.6% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 31.0% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 31.5% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 31.8% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 32.2% | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 31.6% | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 32.0% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 32.2% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 32.5% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 33.0% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 33.5% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 34.5% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 35.6% | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 36.6% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 36.0% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 36.8% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 37.2% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 41.0% | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 42.5% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 39.7% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 40.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 44.2% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 44.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 46.1% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 45.4% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 47.9% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 48.4% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 48.8% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 48.4% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 48.5% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 50.4% | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 52.8% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 52.4% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 53.0% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 53.6% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 54.1% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.8% | 30.1% | 31.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 33.4% | 31.6% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.2% | 36.0% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 44.4% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.2% | 52.4% | 54.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) was 54.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The highest recorded value was 54.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 1983.
- How does ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 169th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release