Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) was 75.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) recorded 75.8% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 75.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.3%, in 1986.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 147th 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, male (%) (rate male) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 59.3% | — |
| 1987 | 59.9% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 60.3% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 60.8% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 61.4% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 62.1% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 62.7% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 64.1% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 64.7% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 65.4% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 66.0% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 66.8% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 67.3% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 68.2% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 68.7% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 69.2% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 69.3% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 72.4% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 72.3% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 71.6% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 67.4% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 68.0% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 69.2% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 70.1% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 72.0% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 73.1% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 74.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 74.7% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 73.0% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 73.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 74.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 74.8% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 75.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 75.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 75.5% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 75.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60.1% | 59.3% | 60.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 64.9% | 61.4% | 68.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.5% | 66.5% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.4% | 70.1% | 74.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.3% | 74.8% | 75.8% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.9722 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.16 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 75.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 75.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.3% in 1986.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 147th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release