Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations
WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 60.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations, 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations is 60.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations peaked at 60.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.7%, in 1988.
WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations ranks 116th of 200 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 53.7% | — |
| 1989 | 53.8% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 54.0% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 54.1% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 54.0% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 53.9% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 54.1% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 54.4% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 54.5% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 55.0% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 55.9% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 56.4% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 55.1% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 55.5% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 55.7% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 56.2% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 56.9% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 57.1% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 56.9% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 56.6% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 56.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 56.5% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 56.3% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 56.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 56.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 57.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 57.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 57.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 58.8% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 59.6% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 59.8% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 59.8% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 59.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 60.0% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 60.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 60.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 53.8% | 53.7% | 53.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 54.6% | 53.9% | 56.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.3% | 55.1% | 57.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 56.3% | 59.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.1% | 59.9% | 60.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2275 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.67 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 13.02 million (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5679 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0335 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 36.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 67.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.124 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations was 60.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations?
- The highest recorded value was 60.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.7% in 1988.
- How does WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations ranks 116th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 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