Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 58.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries stood at 58.9%.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries peaked at 59.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.6%, in 1983.
That places SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 162nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 46.6% | — |
| 1984 | 46.8% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 46.9% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 47.1% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 47.5% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 47.8% | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 47.9% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 48.1% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 48.4% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 48.5% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 48.4% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 48.5% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 48.7% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 48.9% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 49.3% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 50.0% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 50.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 51.1% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 49.8% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 50.0% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 50.4% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 50.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 50.2% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 51.1% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 51.6% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 52.0% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 53.1% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 53.9% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 54.0% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 54.8% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 55.7% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 56.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 57.0% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 57.8% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 58.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 58.3% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 58.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 58.7% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 58.8% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 59.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 58.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.2% | 46.6% | 47.9% | 7 |
| 1990s | 48.9% | 48.1% | 50.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.7% | 49.8% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.9% | 53.1% | 58.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 58.4% | 59.0% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.77 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 15.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 42.33 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 32.06 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 16.23 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries was 58.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 59.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.6% in 1983.
- How does SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries ranks 162nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 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