Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States
WB: Other Small States: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female was 83.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States stood at 83.8%. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States peaked at 83.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.2%, in 1983.
That places WB: Other Small States 83rd 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 42 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 65.2% | — |
| 1984 | 65.3% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 65.5% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 65.8% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 66.3% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 67.3% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 68.0% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 68.6% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 69.2% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 69.6% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 70.2% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 70.5% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 70.9% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 71.6% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 72.0% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 72.8% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 73.3% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 74.0% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 74.5% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 75.2% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 75.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 76.2% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 75.2% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 74.8% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 75.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 76.2% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 76.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 77.9% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 78.4% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 78.9% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 79.4% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 80.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 81.4% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 81.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 82.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 82.8% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 82.8% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 83.1% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 83.4% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 83.6% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 66.2% | 65.2% | 68.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 70.9% | 68.6% | 73.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.3% | 74.0% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.0% | 77.2% | 82.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 82.8% | 83.8% | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Other Small States
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 624,856 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.73 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 782,963 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 253,628 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female in WB: Other Small States was 83.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in WB: Other Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female recorded in WB: Other Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.2% in 1983.
- How does WB: Other Small States rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
- WB: Other Small States ranks 83rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female rising or falling in WB: Other Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Other Small States 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