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Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
80
Highest
15.41 million number
India
Lowest
2 number
Uzbekistan
Median
69,496 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,212

What the numbers show

Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, male (number) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 15.41 million number in India; the lowest is 2 number in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 69,496 number, and the mean is 493,013 number.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 67.9%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 99.7%).

Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 15.41 million number 2018 up 19.1% rising
2 China 5.26 million number 2018 down 28.6% falling
3 Pakistan 2.84 million number 2017 up 14.4% rising
4 Bangladesh 2.03 million number 2019 up 2.6% rising
5 Brazil 1.66 million number 2018 up 7.3% rising
6 Nigeria 1.53 million number 2018 up 11.5% rising
7 Egypt 1.27 million number 2017 up 26.9% rising
8 Iran 1.25 million number 2016 up 13.8% rising
9 Indonesia 1.09 million number 2018 down 17.4% falling
10 Algeria 684,509 number 2018 up 12.8% rising
12 Morocco 571,732 number 2018 down 2.3% rising
13 South Africa 473,808 number 2017 up 40.5% rising
14 Thailand 466,511 number 2015 up 17.5% rising
15 Nepal 429,157 number 2018 down 1.6% rising
16 Colombia 309,448 number 2018 up 17.5% rising
17 Cote d'Ivoire 261,729 number 2018 up 27.6% rising
18 Tanzania 222,565 number 2015 up 1.4% falling
19 Turkey 194,627 number 2017 down 55.2% falling
20 Tunisia 166,978 number 2014 down 29.4% rising
21 Mozambique 156,553 number 2017 down 7.0% flat
22 Mali 154,113 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
23 Burkina Faso 150,599 number 2018 up 20.1% rising
24 Vietnam 149,236 number 2018 down 22.4% falling
25 Chad 147,488 number 2016 up 28.9% rising
26 Malaysia 146,825 number 2018 down 14.2% falling
27 Sri Lanka 140,729 number 2018 up 32.7% rising
28 Benin 132,476 number 2018 up 43.8% rising
29 Saudi Arabia 130,246 number 2017 down 37.9% falling
30 Guatemala 124,658 number 2014 up 0.5% rising
31 Cameroon 123,320 number 2018 down 23.8% rising
32 Ecuador 122,528 number 2017 up 44.4% rising
33 Peru 113,399 number 2018 down 15.9% falling
34 Spain 112,474 number 2018 down 29.3% falling
35 Uganda 112,326 number 2018 up 9.9% falling
36 Senegal 107,904 number 2017 down 7.1% rising
37 Philippines 106,939 number 2015 down 11.1% falling
38 Venezuela 89,999 number 2016 down 27.9% rising
39 Chile 82,910 number 2017 up 7.5% rising
40 Rwanda 73,357 number 2018 up 44.6% rising
41 Honduras 70,466 number 2018 up 11.9% rising
42 Portugal 68,526 number 2018 down 35.4% falling
43 Malawi 66,721 number 2015 up 27.5% falling
44 El Salvador 62,452 number 2018 down 9.8% rising
45 Cambodia 59,392 number 2015 up 11.5% flat
46 Dominican Republic 59,337 number 2016 down 15.6% rising
47 Bolivia 59,279 number 2015 down 2.6% falling
48 Togo 57,004 number 2015 up 6.5% rising
49 Burundi 55,078 number 2017 down 1.1% flat
50 Paraguay 51,590 number 2018 up 67.9% rising
51 Argentina 37,341 number 2018 up 15.1% volatile
52 Laos 28,326 number 2015 down 28.4% falling
53 Zambia 27,191 number 2018 down 23.6% falling
54 Central African Republic 23,825 number 2018 up 0.3% falling
56 Greece 23,085 number 2018 down 83.4% volatile
57 Oman 22,778 number 2018 down 23.6% falling
59 Albania 9,495 number 2018 down 37.9% rising
60 Namibia 8,255 number 2018 down 50.6% flat
61 Kuwait 7,204 number 2018 down 7.8% falling
62 Jordan 6,372 number 2018 down 81.1% falling
63 Eswatini 6,176 number 2018 down 6.6% rising
64 Palestine 6,131 number 2018 down 49.5% falling
65 Malta 5,495 number 2018 up 38.0% flat
66 Uruguay 5,399 number 2018 down 33.6% falling
67 Qatar 4,664 number 2017 up 41.0% rising
68 Azerbaijan 3,198 number 2017 down 39.5% falling
69 Bahrain 3,039 number 2018 down 35.9% falling
70 Kazakhstan 2,647 number 2018 down 3.1% volatile
71 Vanuatu 2,337 number 2018 up 8.6% rising
72 Suriname 2,315 number 2018 down 7.6% falling
73 Macao 2,304 number 2016 down 18.3% rising
74 Moldova 1,766 number 2014 down 78.5% volatile
75 Brunei 986 number 2018 down 23.5% falling
76 Maldives 848 number 2016 up 35.7% rising
77 Seychelles 745 number 2018 down 17.1% falling
78 Sao Tome and Principe 475 number 2018 down 20.4% falling
79 Montenegro 278 number 2018 down 32.0% volatile
80 Barbados 246 number 2014 up 24.9% rising
81 Grenada 160 number 2014 up 17.6% rising
82 Tonga 25 number 2018 down 39.0% falling
83 Uzbekistan 2 number 2018 down 99.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 2,212 data points, 1970–2019
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Total number of males over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.