Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy male) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy male) was 72.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) is 72.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 72.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.7%, in 1988.
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 93rd of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) (literacy male) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 35.7% | — |
| 1989 | 36.2% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 36.7% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 37.3% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 37.9% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 38.6% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 39.5% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 40.2% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 41.1% | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 42.9% | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 45.1% | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 47.2% | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 48.5% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 49.7% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 50.8% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 52.1% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 53.2% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 55.9% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 58.7% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 64.5% | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 64.6% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 64.9% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 66.4% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 65.8% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 65.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 66.4% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 64.8% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 66.0% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 67.4% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 68.4% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 69.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 70.6% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 71.4% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 72.1% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 72.6% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.0% | 35.7% | 36.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 40.7% | 36.7% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.6% | 48.5% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.5% | 64.8% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.3% | 69.7% | 72.6% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.11 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.79 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9826 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 72.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 72.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.7% in 1988.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 93rd out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 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