Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 69.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 69.8% 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 1.4% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 69.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23.9%, in 1975.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 115th 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 in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 23.9% | — |
| 1976 | 24.1% | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 24.7% | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 25.5% | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 26.2% | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 27.0% | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 27.9% | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 28.7% | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 29.4% | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 30.3% | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 31.2% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 31.9% | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 33.0% | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 33.9% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 34.6% | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 35.5% | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 36.3% | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 37.2% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 38.0% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 39.0% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 39.9% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 40.8% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 41.9% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 45.9% | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 46.8% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 47.1% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 48.0% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 48.9% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 50.0% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 50.9% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 50.1% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 50.4% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 51.3% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 52.2% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 53.0% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 56.3% | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 57.4% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 57.8% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 58.9% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 60.0% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 61.5% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 62.7% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 63.5% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 65.1% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 64.8% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 65.9% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 66.9% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 67.9% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 68.8% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 69.8% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.9% | 23.9% | 26.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 30.8% | 27.0% | 34.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.1% | 35.5% | 46.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 47.1% | 53.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.8% | 56.3% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.8% | 65.9% | 69.8% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 69.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 69.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.9% in 1975.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 115th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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