Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 58.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) stood at 58.5%. 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 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) peaked at 58.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.3%, in 1983.
That places ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 203rd 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, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 36.3% | — |
| 1984 | 36.7% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 36.9% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 37.0% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 37.6% | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 38.1% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 38.5% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 39.3% | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 40.1% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 40.8% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 41.5% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 42.1% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 42.5% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 42.9% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 44.0% | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 45.3% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 46.3% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 46.6% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 46.9% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 47.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 49.2% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 48.8% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 50.3% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 52.0% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 52.9% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 53.4% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 53.0% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 54.7% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 55.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 55.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 56.1% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 57.1% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 58.3% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 57.5% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 57.4% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 57.7% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 58.1% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 58.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 58.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.3% | 36.3% | 38.5% | 7 |
| 1990s | 42.5% | 39.3% | 46.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.9% | 46.6% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.3% | 52.9% | 58.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.0% | 57.4% | 58.5% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 571,047 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.36 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.01 million (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 539,187 (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 682,681 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.55 million (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) was 58.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The highest recorded value was 58.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.3% in 1983.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) ranks 203rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 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