Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 79.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) is 79.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 79.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.0%, in 1986.
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 81st of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69.0% | 68.0% | 70.1% | 4 |
| 1990s | 71.2% | 70.3% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.4% | 72.2% | 74.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.9% | 72.2% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 77.1% | 79.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 8.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 79.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 79.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.0% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 81st out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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