Statizoid

Illiterate population, 25-64 years, male (number) by country

Total number of males from age 25 to age 64 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.

Countries reporting
82
Highest
65.54 million number
India
Lowest
2 number
Uzbekistan
Median
252,646 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,243

What the numbers show

Illiterate population, 25-64 years, male (number) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 65.54 million number in India; the lowest is 2 number in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 252,646 number, and the mean is 1.80 million number.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 513.5%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 83.1%).

Illiterate population, 25-64 years, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 65.54 million number 2018 down 8.0% flat
2 Pakistan 13.48 million number 2017 up 15.8% rising
3 Nigeria 10.87 million number 2018 up 3.6% rising
4 Bangladesh 10.48 million number 2019 down 32.4% rising
5 Egypt 5.48 million number 2017 up 19.7% rising
6 China 3.69 million number 2018 down 37.8% volatile
7 Brazil 3.50 million number 2018 down 27.2% falling
8 Cote d'Ivoire 2.22 million number 2018 up 17.8% rising
9 Burkina Faso 1.75 million number 2018 up 28.9% rising
10 Iran 1.70 million number 2016 down 13.3% falling
11 South Africa 1.65 million number 2017 up 62.5% falling
12 Mali 1.63 million number 2018 up 19.7% rising
13 Chad 1.53 million number 2016 up 69.7% rising
14 Morocco 1.51 million number 2018 down 35.1% falling
15 Indonesia 1.45 million number 2018 down 32.3% falling
16 Tanzania 1.37 million number 2015 up 21.0% rising
17 Uganda 1.29 million number 2018 up 68.0% rising
18 Nepal 1.20 million number 2018 down 25.5% falling
19 Mozambique 1.20 million number 2017 down 2.2% flat
20 Madagascar 1.14 million number 2018 up 3.6% rising
21 Algeria 1.11 million number 2018 down 20.7% falling
22 Thailand 1.03 million number 2018 up 63.7% rising
23 Benin 1.02 million number 2018 up 22.5% rising
24 Vietnam 1.02 million number 2018 up 9.9% rising
25 Senegal 959,346 number 2017 up 17.2% rising
26 Mexico 869,768 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
27 Cameroon 817,160 number 2018 up 19.2% rising
28 Malawi 798,718 number 2015 up 30.4% rising
29 Colombia 570,730 number 2018 down 8.6% falling
30 Rwanda 536,304 number 2018 up 3.2% rising
31 Burundi 505,528 number 2017 down 17.2% rising
32 Cambodia 488,245 number 2015 up 43.8% rising
33 Philippines 425,685 number 2015 down 72.0% falling
34 Guatemala 402,055 number 2014 down 18.7% flat
35 Sri Lanka 375,235 number 2018 down 6.1% rising
36 Central African Republic 355,179 number 2018 up 3.7% rising
37 Tunisia 334,393 number 2014 down 1.6% falling
38 Togo 327,134 number 2015 up 3.3% rising
39 Saudi Arabia 280,724 number 2017 down 65.5% falling
40 Zambia 277,127 number 2018 down 45.7% rising
41 Honduras 267,043 number 2018 up 13.8% rising
42 Malaysia 238,248 number 2018 down 9.2% falling
43 Peru 217,201 number 2018 down 17.3% falling
44 Ecuador 204,064 number 2017 up 20.7% falling
45 Venezuela 181,426 number 2016 down 26.5% falling
46 Laos 152,017 number 2015 down 16.2% rising
47 Dominican Republic 150,852 number 2016 down 39.0% falling
48 Turkey 142,742 number 2017 down 67.4% volatile
49 Chile 142,534 number 2017 up 132.5% falling
50 Qatar 106,882 number 2017 up 65.0% rising
51 El Salvador 104,186 number 2018 down 27.8% falling
52 Argentina 102,052 number 2018 up 5.1% volatile
53 Spain 88,390 number 2018 down 35.5% falling
54 Paraguay 69,017 number 2018 down 0.5% falling
55 Kuwait 59,645 number 2018 up 20.0% falling
56 Bolivia 59,262 number 2015 down 0.2% volatile
57 Oman 57,277 number 2018 down 36.9% falling
58 Portugal 39,067 number 2018 down 18.8% volatile
59 Namibia 39,029 number 2018 down 58.3% falling
60 Greece 38,580 number 2018 up 12.4% falling
61 Jordan 31,679 number 2018 down 30.1% falling
62 Panama 30,294 number 2018 down 18.7% falling
63 Eswatini 26,285 number 2018 down 12.0% falling
64 Singapore 14,282 number 2018 down 41.5% falling
65 Uruguay 12,234 number 2018 down 17.7% falling
66 Palestine 10,033 number 2018 down 31.7% falling
67 Kazakhstan 7,604 number 2018 up 17.1% volatile
69 Vanuatu 7,048 number 2018 down 14.4% falling
70 Bahrain 6,947 number 2018 down 83.1% volatile
71 Albania 6,067 number 2018 down 23.4% rising
72 Suriname 5,297 number 2018 up 3.2% falling
73 Maldives 4,048 number 2016 up 331.6% volatile
74 Moldova 3,971 number 2014 up 20.7% falling
75 Brunei 2,230 number 2018 down 3.9% volatile
76 Macao 2,228 number 2016 down 42.1% falling
77 Sao Tome and Principe 1,368 number 2018 down 75.7% volatile
78 Azerbaijan 1,178 number 2017 up 513.5% volatile
79 Seychelles 906 number 2018 down 32.8% falling
80 Montenegro 769 number 2018 up 9.7% volatile
81 Barbados 220 number 2014 up 5.8% falling
82 Tonga 119 number 2018 down 44.1% rising
83 Uzbekistan 2 number 2018 — 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
Illiterate population, 25-64 years, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
122 places, 2,243 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of males from age 25 to age 64 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.