Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 81.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1977–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 81.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 81.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.6%, in 1977.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 134th 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 48 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 62.6% | — |
| 1978 | 62.9% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 63.2% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 63.5% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 63.9% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 64.3% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 64.4% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 64.8% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 65.2% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 65.6% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 66.1% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 66.7% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 67.1% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 67.5% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 68.0% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 68.8% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 69.6% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 70.2% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 70.6% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 71.1% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 71.6% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 72.5% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 73.1% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 73.2% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 73.7% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 74.2% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 75.3% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 75.7% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 75.8% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 74.6% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 74.6% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 75.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 75.5% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 76.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 76.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 76.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 77.2% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 77.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 78.9% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 79.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 79.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 80.2% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 80.1% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 80.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 80.6% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 80.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 81.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 81.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 62.9% | 62.6% | 63.2% | 3 |
| 1980s | 65.2% | 63.5% | 67.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.3% | 67.5% | 73.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.8% | 73.2% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.3% | 76.2% | 80.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.8% | 80.4% | 81.1% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 81.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.6% in 1977.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 134th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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