Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Middle Income (july 2025): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 91.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) is 91.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 91.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 1975.
WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 73rd of 203 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65.7% | — |
| 1976 | 65.9% | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 66.3% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 67.1% | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 67.9% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 68.7% | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 69.4% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 70.2% | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 70.9% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 71.7% | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 72.4% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 73.1% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 73.7% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 75.2% | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 75.9% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 76.6% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 77.3% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 78.0% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 78.8% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 79.5% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 80.2% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 80.8% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 82.4% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 84.2% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 84.7% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 85.1% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 85.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 85.8% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 86.4% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 86.8% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 86.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 86.8% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 87.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 88.2% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 89.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 89.5% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 89.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 89.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 90.2% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 90.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 90.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 90.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 91.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66.6% | 65.7% | 67.9% | 5 |
| 1980s | 72.1% | 68.7% | 75.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.3% | 76.6% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 85.1% | 87.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 88.0% | 90.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.6% | 90.2% | 91.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 305.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2528 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 78.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 161.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 589.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 283.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4208 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 247.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) was 91.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 91.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 1975.
- How does WB: Middle Income (july 2025) rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 73rd out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 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