Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 38.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) stood at 38.5%. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 38.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.6%, in 1982.
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 196th of 200 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 22.6% | — |
| 1983 | 22.7% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 23.0% | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 23.1% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 23.0% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 23.2% | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 23.5% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 23.4% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 23.8% | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 24.1% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 24.3% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 24.7% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 25.1% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 25.4% | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 25.7% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 26.2% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 28.2% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 28.5% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 29.1% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 27.9% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 28.4% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 30.1% | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 31.0% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 33.9% | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 34.1% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 34.2% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 33.7% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 33.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 33.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 34.6% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 34.6% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 34.9% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 35.9% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 37.2% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 37.8% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 37.4% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 37.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 37.8% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 38.1% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 38.3% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 38.5% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.1% | 22.6% | 23.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 25.5% | 23.8% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.8% | 27.9% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.4% | 33.7% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 37.4% | 38.5% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 661,057 (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 723,016 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 642,447 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.25 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 38.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 38.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6% in 1982.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 196th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 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