Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 35.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) recorded 35.4% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) peaked at 35.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 1982.
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) ranks 200th 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 Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 19.5% | — |
| 1983 | 19.6% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 19.9% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 20.0% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 19.9% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 20.2% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 20.5% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 20.9% | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 21.3% | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 21.6% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 21.9% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 22.2% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 22.5% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 22.8% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 23.0% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 23.6% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 24.3% | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 25.5% | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 26.0% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 26.6% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 25.2% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 26.9% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 27.3% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 30.5% | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 30.8% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 30.9% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 30.3% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 30.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 30.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 31.6% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 30.9% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 31.1% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 32.2% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 33.6% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 34.2% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 33.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 34.4% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 34.8% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 35.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.0% | 19.5% | 20.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 22.9% | 21.3% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.6% | 25.2% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 30.3% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.7% | 33.9% | 35.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 539,187 (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 682,681 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 571,047 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.55 million (2015)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) was 35.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 1982.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) ranks 200th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 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