Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 85.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 85.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 85.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.4%, in 1975.
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 74th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41.3% | 40.4% | 42.9% | 5 |
| 1980s | 49.3% | 43.9% | 56.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.1% | 57.7% | 72.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.7% | 73.4% | 78.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.4% | 79.6% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 83.6% | 85.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 242.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 85.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 85.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.4% in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 74th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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