Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 68.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1987–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 68.5%. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 68.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 51.5%, in 1987.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 187th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 51.5% | — |
| 1988 | 52.0% | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 52.5% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 53.1% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 53.8% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 54.3% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 54.9% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 55.5% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 56.1% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 56.6% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 57.2% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 58.1% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 59.0% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 59.4% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 60.1% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 60.5% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 60.7% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 61.3% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 61.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 58.8% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 59.7% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 59.5% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 60.2% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 60.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 62.4% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 63.5% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 64.4% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 64.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 65.3% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 65.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 66.8% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 67.6% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 67.4% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 67.4% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 67.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 68.1% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 68.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 68.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.0% | 51.5% | 52.5% | 3 |
| 1990s | 55.9% | 53.1% | 59.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.2% | 58.8% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.8% | 60.4% | 67.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.0% | 67.4% | 68.5% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 24.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 48.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.59 million (2024)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 68.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 68.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.5% in 1987.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 187th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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