Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 86.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1986β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) recorded 86.6% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
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 ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 86.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.3%, in 1986.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 97th out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 80.6% | 79.3% | 81.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 81.4% | 80.8% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.5% | 81.7% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 83.1% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 86.2% | 86.6% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 8.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 86.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.3% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 97th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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