Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States
WB: Small States: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male was 90.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States, 1985–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States is 90.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States peaked at 90.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 77.9%, in 1985.
That places WB: Small States 81st 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 40 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 77.9% | — |
| 1986 | 78.1% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 78.4% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 78.5% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 78.9% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 79.2% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 79.5% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 79.8% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 80.1% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 80.5% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 80.8% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 81.3% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 81.7% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 82.2% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 82.6% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 83.4% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 83.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 84.2% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 84.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 84.9% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 83.9% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 83.4% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 84.0% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 84.8% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 84.9% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 86.0% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 86.3% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 86.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 88.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 89.6% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 89.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 90.0% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 90.1% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 90.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 90.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 78.3% | 77.9% | 78.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 80.8% | 79.2% | 82.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.2% | 83.4% | 84.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.1% | 86.0% | 90.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.0% | 89.9% | 90.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Small States
- 78 Ethiopia 65.3% compare
- 79 Côte d'Ivoire 63.6% compare
- 80 Senegal 60.2% compare
- 81 Benin 58.2% compare
- 82 Guinea 50.9% compare
- 83 Sierra Leone 48.0% compare
- 84 Afghanistan 43.2% compare
More education data for WB: Small States
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 168,615 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.08 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 3.34 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 820,716 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 337,554 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male in WB: Small States was 90.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 90.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male recorded in WB: Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.9% in 1985.
- How does WB: Small States rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- WB: Small States ranks 81st out of 203 groups with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male rising or falling in WB: Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Small States 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