Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy male) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy 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.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy male) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 34.3% | — |
| 1986 | 34.4% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 34.7% | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 35.1% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 35.2% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 35.6% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 35.9% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 36.1% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 36.2% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 36.5% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 37.0% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 37.6% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 38.5% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 39.4% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 40.8% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 41.6% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 42.4% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 42.4% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 50.8% | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 51.0% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 52.2% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 44.3% | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 45.9% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 47.0% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 49.5% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 49.8% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 50.8% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 48.4% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 52.7% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 53.8% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 53.4% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 50.6% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 51.8% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 52.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 53.0% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 53.7% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 54.4% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 55.1% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 55.8% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 56.4% | +1.1% |
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 tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.9722 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.16 % change on previous year (2021)
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