Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 84.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 84.8%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 84.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60.8%, in 1980.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 105th 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 45 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 60.8% | — |
| 1981 | 61.2% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 62.1% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 61.2% | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 61.6% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 62.0% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 62.4% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 62.9% | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 63.5% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 64.2% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 64.9% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 65.5% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 66.3% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 67.9% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 68.7% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 69.4% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 70.3% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 71.2% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 72.3% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 73.1% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 73.9% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 74.9% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 75.8% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 79.3% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 80.5% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 76.5% | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 77.4% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 79.5% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 80.0% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 81.8% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 83.2% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 83.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 83.6% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 84.6% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 82.8% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 83.4% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 83.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.8% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 84.0% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 84.5% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 62.2% | 60.8% | 64.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.0% | 64.9% | 73.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.6% | 73.9% | 80.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.0% | 80.0% | 84.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.3% | 83.8% | 84.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 765,771 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 84.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.8% in 1980.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 105th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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