Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 99.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) recorded 99.2% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 99.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 93.8%, in 1990.
That places ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 24th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 93.8% | — |
| 1991 | 94.2% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 94.4% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 94.7% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 94.9% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 95.4% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 95.6% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 97.2% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 97.5% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 97.8% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 98.7% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 98.8% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 98.6% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 97.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.5% | 97.8% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.7% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 21 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.7% compare
- 22 Philippines 97.5% compare
- 23 Bahrain 97.4% compare
- 24 Türkiye 97.4% compare
- 25 Lesotho 97.3% compare
- 26 Macau, China 97.3% compare
- 27 Colombia 97.0% compare
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 68.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 66.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 708,542 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 31.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 431,874 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 59,192 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 360,576 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 744,078 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 383,502 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 99.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.8% in 1990.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 24th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 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