Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 69.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
69.3%
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
101st
of 200 groups
All-time high
73.4%
in 2020
All-time low
47.5%
in 1991
Years of data
51
1974–2024
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 69.3% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 73.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 47.5%, in 1991.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 101st 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 51 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50.5% | — |
| 1975 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50.5% | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 50.8% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 51.1% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 51.4% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 51.6% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 51.8% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 52.0% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 52.2% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 52.4% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 51.9% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 52.1% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 47.5% | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 48.2% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 48.4% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 48.5% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 48.9% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 49.0% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 49.7% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 50.6% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 51.7% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 52.3% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 53.0% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 54.1% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 55.2% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 58.2% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 58.5% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 59.9% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 61.3% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 62.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 66.1% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 64.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 64.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 65.8% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 66.7% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 68.7% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 68.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 70.5% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 62.4% | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 63.1% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 72.9% | +15.6% |
| 2020 | 73.4% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 67.0% | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 67.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 69.3% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 6 |
| 1980s | 51.6% | 50.5% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.5% | 47.5% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.1% | 52.3% | 66.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.7% | 62.4% | 72.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.3% | 67.0% | 73.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 69.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.5% in 1991.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 101st out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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