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Rwanda: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

180,978count · 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 Rwanda from 1978 to 2018.

19782018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018180,978
2014155,456
2012139,906
2010119,691
2000147,181
197869,478

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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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