Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 86.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) recorded 86.7% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 87.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 72.3%, in 1982.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 96th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 72.3% | — |
| 1983 | 72.8% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 73.3% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 73.9% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 74.5% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 75.1% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 75.8% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 76.1% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 76.5% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 76.3% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 76.9% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 77.4% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 77.9% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 78.3% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 78.8% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 79.1% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 79.4% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 80.1% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 80.5% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 80.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 81.8% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 82.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 81.9% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 81.9% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 79.6% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 79.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 78.8% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 79.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 79.8% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 82.4% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 84.7% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 85.1% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 85.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 84.4% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 85.2% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 87.1% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 87.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 86.1% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 86.4% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 86.6% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.2% | 72.3% | 76.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 78.1% | 76.3% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.7% | 78.8% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 79.8% | 87.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.6% | 86.1% | 87.2% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.77 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.79 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 25.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 12.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 86.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.3% in 1982.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 96th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 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