Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 61.9% in 2024. β² Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1986β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) recorded 61.9% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 61.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.4%, in 1986.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 147th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.4% | 31.4% | 33.2% | 4 |
| 1990s | 38.0% | 34.0% | 42.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.8% | 43.7% | 47.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.9% | 48.8% | 58.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.6% | 59.3% | 61.9% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.01 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.87 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 43.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 21.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 61.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.4% in 1986.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 147th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release