Egypt vs Upper middle income: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

Egypt
2.19 million number
in 2017
Upper middle income
32.42 million number
in 2019
Egypt rank
8th
Upper middle income rank
9th

Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female over time

  • Egypt
  • Upper middle income
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M197619972019

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 32.42 million number against 2.19 million number in Egypt, a difference of 30.24 million number.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 14.8 times Egypt's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 82 countries.

Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 956,213 number 31.40 million number 30.45 million number Upper middle income
1980s 1.21 million number 42.46 million number 41.25 million number Upper middle income
1990s 1.59 million number 48.30 million number 46.71 million number Upper middle income
2000s 1.88 million number 44.22 million number 42.34 million number Upper middle income
2010s 1.86 million number 34.18 million number 32.32 million number Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female, Egypt or Upper middle income?
Upper middle income, at 32.42 million number against 2.19 million number in Egypt as of 2019.
What is the difference in elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female between Egypt and Upper middle income?
30.24 million number, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Upper middle income?
9 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2017.
How do Egypt and Upper middle income rank globally for elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female?
Egypt ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 82 countries.
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.