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Namibia: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, both sexes

13,034count · 2018

Total number of adults over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. Annual figures for Namibia from 1991 to 2018.

19912018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201813,034
201137,935
200745,116
200128,309
199131,468

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-elderly-illiterate-population-65-years-both-sexes (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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