Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) was 76.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) recorded 76.9% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 77.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.9%, in 1997.
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 96th 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.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) (rate female) in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 72.2% | — |
| 1987 | 72.4% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 72.6% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 72.6% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 72.5% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 72.7% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 72.5% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 71.6% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 70.7% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 70.2% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 70.0% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 69.9% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 70.5% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 70.6% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 70.6% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 71.3% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 71.5% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 71.4% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 71.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 71.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 71.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 72.1% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 72.6% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 72.9% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 72.6% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 73.3% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 73.7% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 75.5% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 75.8% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 76.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 76.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 76.4% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 76.7% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 76.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 76.9% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 76.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 76.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 72.4% | 72.2% | 72.6% | 4 |
| 1990s | 71.1% | 69.9% | 72.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.7% | 70.6% | 72.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.1% | 72.6% | 76.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.9% | 76.8% | 77.0% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 20.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 731,983 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5014 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.29 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 76.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.9% in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 96th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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