Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) (rate male) was 80.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) is 80.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 80.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.4%, in 1976.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 135th 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 (%) (rate male) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 46.5% | — |
| 1976 | 46.4% | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 46.6% | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 46.8% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 47.1% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 47.7% | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 48.3% | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 49.0% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 49.4% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 49.9% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 50.3% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 50.8% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 51.2% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 52.5% | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 52.8% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 53.1% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 53.4% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 53.8% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 54.1% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 55.1% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 56.2% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 56.6% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 57.0% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 59.5% | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 60.0% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 60.3% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 60.7% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 61.2% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 61.8% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 62.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 63.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 61.1% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 61.4% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 61.7% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 61.9% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 66.2% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 66.8% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 61.4% | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 64.2% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 64.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 70.7% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 75.5% | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 75.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 75.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 76.4% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 76.9% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 78.1% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 79.4% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 79.8% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 80.3% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.7% | 46.4% | 47.1% | 5 |
| 1980s | 50.2% | 47.7% | 52.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.9% | 53.1% | 60.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.5% | 60.3% | 63.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.8% | 61.4% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 76.9% | 80.3% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 80.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 80.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.4% in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 135th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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