East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Mexico: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
24.58 million number
in 2019
Mexico
1.13 million number
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
14th
Mexico rank
11th

Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Mexico
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M197619972019

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 24.58 million number against 1.13 million number in Mexico, a difference of 23.45 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 21.7 times Mexico's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 11th of 39 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Mexico Difference Ahead
1980s 30.04 million number 688,529 number 29.35 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 39.09 million number 871,756 number 38.21 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 33.43 million number 1.15 million number 32.29 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 26.33 million number 1.17 million number 25.16 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Mexico?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 24.58 million number against 1.13 million number in Mexico as of 2019.
What is the difference in elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?
23.45 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?
19 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico rank globally for elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 11th of 39 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 2,221 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of females over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.