Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 61.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1985–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) stood at 61.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 62.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 47.4%, in 1985.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 201st of 203 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 47.4% | — |
| 1986 | 47.5% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 48.4% | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 49.3% | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 50.2% | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 51.1% | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 52.0% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 52.9% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 53.8% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 54.7% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 55.4% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 56.1% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 56.9% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 58.8% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 59.5% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 54.6% | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 56.0% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 56.9% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 57.4% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 59.5% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 59.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 60.3% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 54.9% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 55.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 56.9% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 57.0% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 57.8% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 58.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 58.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 59.5% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 60.3% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 60.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 61.5% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 62.2% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 61.4% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 61.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 61.4% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48.6% | 47.4% | 50.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 55.1% | 51.1% | 59.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.2% | 54.6% | 60.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 57.0% | 62.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.3% | 61.2% | 61.4% | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.94 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 12.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 29.27 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 61.4% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.4% in 1985.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 201st out of 203 groups with data for 2021.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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