Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

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About this dataset

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE202473.6999969482422Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW202461.1699981689453Africa Western and Central
ARB202478.9899978637695Arab World
CSS2024Caribbean small states
CEB202499.5Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202482.0999984741211Early-demographic dividend
EAS202496.6100006103516East Asia & Pacific
EAP202496.8499984741211East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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