Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 75.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) recorded 75.5% for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) peaked at 75.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.7%, in 1980.
That places WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 149th 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 WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 54.7% | — |
| 1981 | 55.1% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 55.5% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 55.8% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 56.2% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 56.5% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 56.9% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 57.3% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 58.0% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 58.4% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 58.8% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 59.2% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 60.2% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 61.3% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 61.9% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 62.4% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 62.9% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 63.4% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 64.6% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 65.2% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 65.0% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 65.5% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 66.1% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 67.0% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 67.6% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 67.6% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 66.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 66.6% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 67.1% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 68.3% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 69.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 68.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 69.6% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 70.0% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 71.6% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 72.9% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 73.4% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 74.2% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 74.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 74.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 75.3% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 75.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 56.4% | 54.7% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.0% | 58.8% | 65.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.5% | 65.0% | 67.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.2% | 68.3% | 74.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.0% | 74.4% | 75.5% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 66.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 72.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 49.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 25.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) was 75.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The highest recorded value was 75.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.7% in 1980.
- How does WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) ranks 149th out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 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