Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) was 70.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 70.6% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 70.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 1976.
That places ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 113th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 24.4% | — |
| 1976 | 24.4% | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 24.6% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 24.8% | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 25.2% | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 25.8% | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 26.5% | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 27.2% | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 27.8% | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 28.4% | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 28.9% | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 29.5% | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 30.1% | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 31.1% | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 31.6% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 32.1% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 32.7% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 33.2% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 33.6% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 35.0% | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 36.4% | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 37.1% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 37.9% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 41.4% | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 42.2% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 42.8% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 43.6% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 44.3% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 45.0% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 45.7% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 46.6% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 44.4% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 45.6% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 46.6% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 47.2% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 52.0% | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 53.0% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 48.1% | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 51.2% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 52.7% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 58.3% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 64.4% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 65.3% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 66.2% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 67.1% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 68.1% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 69.0% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 69.9% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 70.6% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.7% | 24.4% | 25.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 28.7% | 25.8% | 31.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.1% | 32.1% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.2% | 42.8% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.5% | 48.1% | 66.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.9% | 67.1% | 70.6% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 70.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 70.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 113th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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