Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 70.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 70.8% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 70.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 51.8%, in 1975.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 97th of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 51.8% | — |
| 1976 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 51.8% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 51.9% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 52.0% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 52.2% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 52.4% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 52.6% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 52.8% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 54.2% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 54.5% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 54.7% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 55.0% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 55.3% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 55.5% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 56.2% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 57.0% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 57.5% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 57.9% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 60.3% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 60.3% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 60.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 60.4% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 60.7% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 61.0% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 61.2% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 61.4% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 62.1% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 62.1% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 62.2% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 62.0% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 60.9% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 60.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 56.7% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 58.5% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 58.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 61.9% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 66.4% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 66.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 66.7% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 66.7% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 67.0% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 67.6% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 69.9% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 70.4% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 70.8% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.8% | 51.8% | 51.8% | 5 |
| 1980s | 52.6% | 51.8% | 54.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.0% | 54.7% | 60.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.3% | 60.3% | 62.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.4% | 56.7% | 66.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.2% | 67.0% | 70.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.10 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 23.90 million (2021)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.68 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 70.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 70.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.8% in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 97th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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