Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2
GPE: Region 2: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 70.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2, 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2 stood at 70.6%. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2 peaked at 70.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.4%, in 1985.
That places GPE: Region 2 182nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 52.4% | — |
| 1986 | 52.7% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 53.6% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 54.4% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 55.2% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 56.0% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 56.8% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 57.5% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 58.3% | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 59.1% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 59.5% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 60.1% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 61.1% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 62.4% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 63.2% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 61.4% | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 62.4% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 63.2% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 63.7% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 65.1% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 65.1% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 63.9% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 61.0% | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 61.5% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 61.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 61.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 64.0% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 64.4% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 65.2% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 65.5% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 66.1% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 66.4% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 67.3% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 70.3% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 70.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 70.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 70.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 70.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 70.6% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 53.6% | 52.4% | 55.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 59.4% | 56.0% | 63.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.9% | 61.0% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.1% | 61.8% | 70.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.3% | 70.0% | 70.6% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Region 2
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5225 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.21 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.86 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in GPE: Region 2 was 70.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The highest recorded value was 70.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.4% in 1985.
- How does GPE: Region 2 rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- GPE: Region 2 ranks 182nd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in GPE: Region 2?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Region 2 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