Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes was 58.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 58.2% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 58.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 1989.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 190th of 203 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 42.6% | — |
| 1990 | 43.2% | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 43.8% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 44.3% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 44.8% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 45.2% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 45.8% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 46.3% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 47.2% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 48.6% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 49.1% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 49.8% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 49.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 50.0% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 50.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 50.7% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 48.2% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 49.2% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 49.8% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 50.1% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 50.5% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 52.5% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 52.8% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 53.6% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 53.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 54.4% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 55.0% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 56.1% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 56.6% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 56.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 56.7% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 57.1% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 57.5% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 57.9% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 58.2% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 42.6% | 42.6% | 42.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 45.7% | 43.2% | 48.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 48.2% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.2% | 50.5% | 56.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.5% | 56.7% | 58.2% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 58.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 58.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 1989.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 190th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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