Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 84.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 84.8% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 84.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.5%, in 1976.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 106th of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 62.5% | — |
| 1977 | 62.6% | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 62.7% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 62.9% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 62.8% | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 63.2% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 63.7% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 64.0% | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 64.3% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 64.5% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 64.7% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 65.0% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 65.8% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 66.0% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 66.0% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 66.1% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 66.2% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 66.1% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 66.6% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 67.1% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 67.2% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 67.3% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 69.0% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 69.2% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 69.3% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 69.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 70.0% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 70.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 70.9% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 71.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 70.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 70.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 70.7% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 74.0% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 74.6% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 70.7% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 72.9% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 73.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 77.8% | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 81.3% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 81.4% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 81.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 82.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 82.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 83.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 84.1% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 84.5% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 62.7% | 62.5% | 62.9% | 4 |
| 1980s | 64.4% | 62.8% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.1% | 66.0% | 69.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.3% | 69.3% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.0% | 70.7% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.8% | 82.4% | 84.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.10 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.65 million (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 26.00 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.32 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 84.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.5% in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 106th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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