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Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) by country

Percentage of males age 65 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of male literates aged 65...

Countries reporting
83
Highest
100.0%
Uzbekistan
Lowest
10.0%
Chad
Median
80.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,187

What the numbers show

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 10.0% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 80.9%, and the mean is 73.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 147.4%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 14.9%).

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2018 up 0.1% rising
2 Kazakhstan 99.4% 2018 up 0.1% rising
3 Montenegro 99.3% 2018 up 0.5% rising
4 Tonga 99.1% 2018 up 0.7% flat
5 Moldova 98.8% 2014 up 4.3% rising
6 Azerbaijan 98.7% 2017 up 1.0% flat
7 Barbados 98.6% 2014 unchanged flat
8 Argentina 98.1% 2018 up 0.1% rising
9 Greece 97.7% 2018 up 15.3% rising
10 Uruguay 97.3% 2018 up 1.9% rising
11 Spain 97.1% 2018 up 2.1% rising
12 Grenada 96.6% 2014 unchanged flat
13 Jordan 96.5% 2018 up 40.8% rising
14 Singapore 95.5% 2018 up 4.9% rising
15 Albania 95.0% 2018 up 6.4% flat
16 Philippines 94.6% 2015 up 5.2% rising
17 Vietnam 94.5% 2018 up 3.7% rising
18 Turkey 93.2% 2017 up 17.1% rising
19 China 92.8% 2018 up 7.9% rising
20 Portugal 92.7% 2018 up 6.1% rising
21 Palestine 91.5% 2018 up 22.7% rising
22 Macao 91.3% 2016 up 13.1% rising
23 Maldives 91.2% 2016 down 1.3% rising
24 Chile 90.6% 2017 up 3.4% rising
25 Peru 90.6% 2018 up 10.6% rising
26 Brunei 90.3% 2018 up 11.7% rising
27 Venezuela 89.8% 2016 up 11.8% rising
28 Kuwait 88.8% 2018 up 17.6% rising
29 Malta 86.4% 2018 up 4.1% rising
30 Suriname 86.2% 2018 up 5.3% rising
31 Malaysia 85.7% 2018 up 14.5% rising
32 Thailand 85.4% 2015 up 3.5% rising
33 Bahrain 85.1% 2018 up 36.4% rising
34 Sri Lanka 85.1% 2018 up 2.2% flat
35 Panama 85.0% 2018 up 5.1% rising
36 Indonesia 84.6% 2018 up 13.5% rising
37 Mexico 84.5% 2018 up 7.6% rising
38 Colombia 83.4% 2018 up 6.3% rising
39 Bolivia 82.6% 2015 up 8.3% rising
40 Sao Tome and Principe 82.2% 2018 up 11.4% rising
41 Dominican Republic 81.9% 2016 up 13.5% rising
42 Zambia 80.9% 2018 up 21.2% rising
43 Qatar 79.5% 2017 up 49.3% rising
44 Brazil 79.3% 2018 up 11.5% rising
45 Ecuador 77.3% 2017 up 0.1% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 76.9% 2017 up 96.2% rising
47 Cambodia 76.9% 2015 up 7.8% rising
48 Seychelles 76.4% 2018 up 12.6% rising
49 Paraguay 75.9% 2018 down 3.4% rising
50 Namibia 75.1% 2018 up 62.7% rising
51 Laos 74.6% 2015 up 30.5% rising
52 El Salvador 72.1% 2018 up 14.8% rising
53 Uganda 65.9% 2018 up 25.4% rising
54 Honduras 65.2% 2018 up 20.2% rising
55 Eswatini 62.4% 2018 up 18.0% rising
56 Malawi 62.2% 2015 down 5.9% rising
57 India 61.7% 2018 up 19.7% rising
58 Guatemala 60.9% 2014 up 30.4% rising
59 South Africa 59.9% 2017 down 7.2% rising
60 Cameroon 59.7% 2018 up 76.5% rising
61 Oman 59.0% 2018 up 147.4% rising
62 Tanzania 58.9% 2015 up 37.2% rising
63 Vanuatu 57.9% 2018 up 44.8% rising
64 Tunisia 55.8% 2014 up 67.0% rising
65 Central African Republic 54.5% 2018 down 1.9% volatile
66 Bangladesh 52.5% 2019 up 28.5% rising
67 Morocco 51.4% 2018 up 68.7% rising
68 Rwanda 50.7% 2018 down 4.3% rising
69 Mozambique 50.0% 2017 up 30.3% rising
70 Iran 49.9% 2016 up 30.4% rising
71 Algeria 47.9% 2018 up 59.0% rising
72 Burundi 46.5% 2017 up 76.6% volatile
73 Senegal 46.2% 2017 up 58.3% rising
74 Egypt 43.2% 2017 up 11.6% rising
75 Nepal 41.5% 2018 up 16.5% rising
76 Nigeria 40.1% 2018 up 33.3% rising
77 Togo 39.3% 2015 up 49.7% rising
78 Pakistan 38.1% 2017 up 17.9% rising
79 Cote d'Ivoire 30.8% 2018 down 14.9% rising
80 Mali 26.7% 2018 up 59.0% rising
81 Burkina Faso 19.4% 2018 up 84.7% volatile
82 Benin 16.3% 2018 up 17.9% rising
83 Chad 10.0% 2016 up 108.0% 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 literacy rate, population 65+ years, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 2,187 data points, 1970–2019
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Percentage of males age 65 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of male literates aged 65 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.