Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 50.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1989–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 50.9% for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in 2022. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 50.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32.4%, in 1989.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 185th out of 200 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 32.4% | — |
| 1990 | 32.8% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 33.2% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 33.5% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 33.7% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 34.0% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 34.2% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 34.9% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 35.5% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 36.2% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 36.8% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 37.7% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 38.5% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 39.4% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 40.2% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 41.1% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 41.8% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 38.3% | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 39.1% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 40.5% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 41.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 41.8% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 42.5% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 43.1% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 43.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 46.4% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 49.3% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 49.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 49.9% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 50.3% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 50.5% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 50.9% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.4% | 32.4% | 32.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 32.8% | 36.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.7% | 37.7% | 41.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.8% | 41.2% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.6% | 50.3% | 50.9% | 3 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 50.9% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 50.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.4% in 1989.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 185th out of 200 groups with data for 2022.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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