Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)
ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 60.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) recorded 60.0% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) peaked at 60.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.1%, in 1981.
That places ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 154th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 29.1% | — |
| 1982 | 29.6% | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 30.1% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 30.8% | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 31.5% | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 32.2% | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 33.1% | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 33.9% | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 34.5% | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 35.3% | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 35.5% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 36.4% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 37.3% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 38.1% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 39.2% | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 40.3% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 41.5% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 42.5% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 43.3% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 44.2% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 45.0% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 45.7% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 46.2% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 45.3% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 45.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 46.3% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 46.3% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 47.2% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 48.6% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 50.9% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 52.7% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 53.8% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 53.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 54.6% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 55.4% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 55.6% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 56.5% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 57.9% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 58.2% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 58.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 58.8% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 59.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 60.0% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.6% | 29.1% | 34.5% | 9 |
| 1990s | 39.0% | 35.3% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.7% | 44.2% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.0% | 48.6% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.9% | 58.2% | 60.0% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.0646 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.7113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.6599 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) was 60.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1% in 1981.
- How does ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) ranks 154th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 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