Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)
ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes was 72.1% in 2024. β² Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107), 1990β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) recorded 72.1% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) peaked at 72.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.0%, in 1990.
That places ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 138th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.0% | 54.0% | 61.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.0% | 59.0% | 64.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.0% | 58.9% | 69.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.2% | 69.9% | 72.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 82.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.04 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 17.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 3.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.01 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 8.79 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 17.58 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 8.79 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) was 72.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- The highest recorded value was 72.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.0% in 1990.
- How does ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes?
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) ranks 138th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release