Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 85.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
85.4%
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
102nd
of 203 groups
All-time high
86.6%
in 2015
All-time low
59.1%
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) stood at 85.4%.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 86.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 59.1%, in 1971.
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 102nd of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 59.1% | — |
| 1971 | 59.1% | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 59.5% | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 59.9% | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 60.2% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 60.7% | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 61.2% | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 61.7% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 62.3% | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 63.0% | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 63.5% | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 64.1% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 64.6% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 62.1% | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 62.6% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 63.2% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 63.7% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 64.4% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 65.1% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 65.8% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 66.5% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 67.0% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 67.7% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 70.5% | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 71.1% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 71.8% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 72.5% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 73.3% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 74.0% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 74.7% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 75.4% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 76.0% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 76.7% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 83.8% | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 84.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 84.7% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 79.0% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 79.6% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 80.2% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 82.7% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 83.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 83.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 84.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 85.3% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 85.8% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 86.6% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 81.7% | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 82.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 82.5% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 83.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 83.4% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 84.4% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 84.9% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 85.4% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 60.7% | 59.1% | 63.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.9% | 62.1% | 65.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.9% | 66.5% | 74.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.2% | 75.4% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.9% | 81.7% | 86.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.4% | 83.4% | 85.4% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.40 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 330,831 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 841,950 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17.85 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 85.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.1% in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 102nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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