Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes was 76.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) is 76.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 77.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 73.3%, in 1988.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 121st 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 37 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 73.3% | — |
| 1989 | 73.6% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 73.7% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 73.8% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 73.7% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 73.6% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 73.5% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 73.5% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 73.7% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 73.8% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 74.0% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 74.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 75.1% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 75.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 75.7% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 75.4% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 75.7% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 76.0% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 76.4% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 77.0% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 77.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 77.6% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 77.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 77.3% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 77.2% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 77.2% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 77.2% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.4% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 76.9% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 76.9% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 76.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 76.7% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 76.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 76.6% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 76.6% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 76.4% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 76.3% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.5% | 73.3% | 73.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 73.8% | 73.5% | 74.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.2% | 75.1% | 77.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.1% | 76.7% | 77.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.6% | 76.3% | 76.8% | 5 |
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)
All data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 76.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.3% in 1988.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 121st out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release