Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 44.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1985–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 44.1%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 44.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 1986.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 192nd out of 200 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 23.1% | — |
| 1986 | 23.0% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 23.4% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 24.3% | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 24.7% | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 25.1% | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 25.6% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 26.0% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 26.4% | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 26.7% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 27.0% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 27.6% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 28.5% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 29.7% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 30.4% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 26.3% | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 27.1% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 27.9% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 28.5% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 29.8% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 31.0% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 29.4% | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 30.0% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 32.3% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 33.6% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 34.5% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 35.4% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 37.3% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 38.8% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 43.2% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 43.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 43.6% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 43.9% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 44.1% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.7% | 23.0% | 24.7% | 5 |
| 1990s | 27.3% | 25.1% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 26.3% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.1% | 32.3% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.7% | 43.3% | 44.1% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 32.92 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 44.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 1986.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 192nd out of 200 groups with data for 2023.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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