Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 84.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 84.7%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 84.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 58.3%, in 1980.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 109th 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: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 58.3% | — |
| 1981 | 58.6% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 59.5% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 58.9% | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 59.4% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 59.9% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 60.4% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 60.9% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 61.7% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 62.5% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 63.4% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 64.1% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 65.0% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 66.7% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 67.5% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 68.3% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 69.3% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 70.2% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 71.5% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 72.4% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 73.3% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 74.3% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 75.3% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 78.4% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 79.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 79.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 76.3% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 77.2% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 77.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 79.7% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 81.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 82.7% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 83.3% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 83.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 84.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 82.7% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 83.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 83.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 83.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.7% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 84.2% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 84.4% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 84.7% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60.0% | 58.3% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.8% | 63.4% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.0% | 73.3% | 79.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 79.7% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.2% | 83.7% | 84.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 27.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 84.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.3% in 1980.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 109th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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