Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 56.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) is 56.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 56.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34.3%, in 1985.
That places ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 145th out of 200 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34.7% | 34.3% | 35.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 37.4% | 35.6% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.7% | 41.6% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 48.4% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.1% | 53.7% | 56.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 44.57 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.01 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.87 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 43.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 21.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 56.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.3% in 1985.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 145th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 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