Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 92.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 92.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 92.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.1%, in 1975.
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 70th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65.1% | — |
| 1976 | 65.3% | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 65.7% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 66.6% | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 67.4% | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 68.3% | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 69.1% | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 70.0% | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 70.9% | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 71.8% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 72.5% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 73.2% | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 73.9% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 75.6% | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 76.4% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 77.1% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 77.8% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 78.6% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 79.3% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 80.0% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 80.7% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 81.3% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 83.1% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 85.1% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 85.6% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 86.1% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 86.4% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 86.7% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 87.5% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 87.6% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 88.1% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 88.5% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 88.8% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 89.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 89.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 89.8% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 90.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 90.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 91.0% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.6% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 90.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 91.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 91.5% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 91.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 92.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66.0% | 65.1% | 67.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 72.2% | 68.3% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.9% | 77.1% | 85.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.4% | 86.1% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.1% | 89.1% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.5% | 90.9% | 92.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 242.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 92.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 92.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.1% in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 70th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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