World Bank · Education

Niger: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

273,709count · 2018

Total number of females over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. Annual figures for Niger from 2001 to 2018.

20012018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018273,709
2012224,121
2005177,752
2001152,192

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-elderly-illiterate-population-65-years-female (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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