India - Elderly illiterate population

45,659,175 (number) in 2018

In 2018, elderly illiteracy for India was 45.7 million. Elderly illiteracy of India increased from 25.3 million in 1991 to 45.7 million in 2018 growing at an average annual rate of 16.17%.

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What is elderly illiteracy?

Elderly illiterate population. Total is the total number of adults over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.

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