Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male was 55.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification is 55.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 55.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.1%, in 1979.
That places WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 148th 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 WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 32.1% | — |
| 1980 | 32.2% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 32.2% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 32.3% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 32.4% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 32.6% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 32.8% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 33.0% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 33.1% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 34.2% | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 34.5% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 34.7% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 35.1% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 35.3% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 35.5% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 36.0% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 36.6% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 37.0% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 37.7% | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 40.0% | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 40.6% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 41.1% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 41.5% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 41.5% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 42.0% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 42.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 42.7% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 43.2% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 44.2% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 45.9% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 46.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 45.5% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 46.3% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 43.9% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 45.4% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 46.0% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 47.6% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 50.6% | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 51.3% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 52.1% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 52.6% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 53.2% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 54.9% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 55.8% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.1% | 32.1% | 32.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 32.9% | 32.2% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.8% | 34.7% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 43.1% | 41.1% | 46.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 43.9% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.4% | 52.6% | 55.8% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 55.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 55.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.1% in 1979.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 148th out of 200 groups with data for 2024.
- Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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