Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 74.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) stood at 74.9%.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 75.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56.2%, in 1979.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 90th 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 46 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 56.2% | — |
| 1980 | 56.2% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 57.1% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 57.9% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 58.8% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 59.4% | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 60.0% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 60.5% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 62.8% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 63.2% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 63.8% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 64.3% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 64.4% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 64.4% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 64.4% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 64.4% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 64.4% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 64.4% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 65.3% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 65.0% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 64.8% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 65.2% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 65.3% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 65.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 64.5% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 65.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 65.6% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 66.2% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 66.8% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 67.2% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 67.5% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 67.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 69.8% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 70.3% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 70.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 71.2% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 70.4% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 72.0% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 72.5% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 73.1% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 73.4% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 72.7% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 74.6% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 75.0% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 75.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 74.9% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56.2% | 56.2% | 56.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 60.0% | 56.2% | 63.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.6% | 64.3% | 65.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.9% | 64.5% | 67.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.1% | 67.6% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.5% | 72.7% | 75.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
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More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.9% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 529,106 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.1% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 603,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 656,667 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 82,795 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 1.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 409,490 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 381,336 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 74.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 75.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.2% in 1979.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 90th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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