Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) was 83.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) stood at 83.5%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 83.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.7%, in 1989.
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 116th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 72.7% | — |
| 1990 | 73.4% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 74.0% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 74.6% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 75.2% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 76.0% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 76.4% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 77.0% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 77.9% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 78.2% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 78.9% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 79.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 79.8% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 80.1% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 80.4% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 80.7% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 78.3% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 74.7% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 74.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 73.4% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 73.4% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 73.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 77.0% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 79.1% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 79.8% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 80.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 80.4% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 80.8% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 81.5% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 82.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 82.3% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 82.6% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 82.9% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 83.2% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 83.4% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 83.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 72.7% | 72.7% | 72.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 76.2% | 73.4% | 78.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.5% | 73.4% | 80.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.6% | 73.5% | 82.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.1% | 82.6% | 83.5% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.11 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.79 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9826 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 83.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.7% in 1989.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 116th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 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