In 2023, the literacy rate among Indonesians between the ages 15 and 19 years old was 99.87 percent. The literacy rate in urban areas is higher across all age groups compared to the literacy rate in rural areas.

The statistic depicts the literacy rate in Indonesia from 2008 to 2020. The literacy rate measures the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can read and write. In 2020, Indonesia's literacy rate was around 96 percent.

In 2023, Papua province had the lowest literacy rate of population above 15 years old in Indonesia, at around 84 percent. For decades, Indonesia had been focusing its development more on Java Islands. However, since 2002, Indonesian government has started special funds for Papua to support its development. Despite the extensive financial assistance, Papua’s development growth remains low.

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (%) in Indonesia was reported at 74.34 % in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Indonesia - Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

In 2024, Indonesia's financial literacy index was around 65.43 percent. Although the index has been increasing since 2013, the national financial literacy index was still considerably low and indicates that there was still a substantial portion of the population who does not understand financial service providers, their products, features, advantages, and risks, which hinders the development of Open Finances. This index consists of a survey to assess the level of knowledge, skills, confidence, attitudes, and behavior related to financial services and products.

As of 2023, teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 living in urban areas in Indonesia had a literacy rate of 99.95 percent. In Indonesia, the urban literacy rates were higher than the national literacy rates across all age groups.

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Indonesia was reported at 100 % in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Indonesia - Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

According to a survey in 2022, Indonesia's digital literacy index score increased from 3.46 in 2020 to 3.54 in 2022. Overall, Indonesia's digital skills and digital culture had improved, while digital ethics and digital safety in the archipelago had weaken. This means that Indonesians takes the feelings of readers from different ethnicity/religion/political views more into account and they are better in double-checking information from the internet compared to the previous year. However, Indonesian internet users have become less sensitive about posting content without permission and less aware of the importance of protecting personal information.

Language data drawn from the 2010 government census. Includes primary language spoken at home, ability to speak Indonesian, and literacy rates for men and women. Available at the admin 0, 1, and 2 levels.

97,78 (%) in 2021.

99,65 (%) in 2021.

95,22 (%) in 2021.

Illiteracy rate among 45+ year-olds of Southeast Sulawesi slipped by 1.66% from 13.29 % in 2020 to 13.07 % in 2021. Since the 2.82% improve in 2011, illiteracy rate among 45+ year-olds sank by 47.97% in 2021.

Literacy rate 15-24 age population of East Nusa Tenggara rose by 0.08% from 98.89 % in 2020 to 98.97 % in 2021. Since the 0.02% decline in 2017, literacy rate 15-24 age population went up by 0.49% in 2021.

3.56 (%) in 2021.

0.11 (%) in 2021.

99.10 (%) in 2021.

Introduction: Health literacy on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination is valuable during the pandemic. The objective of this study was to determine the levels of health literacy about the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination (Vaccine and Vaccination literacy—VL) in the Indonesian adult general population, assessing the perceptions of the respondents/interviewees about current adult immunization and beliefs about vaccination in general, and analyzing correlations of these variables with the VL levels.

Methods: A rapid survey was administered via the web. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential stats; the internal consistency of the VL scales was assessed through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was conducted to investigate how the questions of the functional and interactive-critical VL scales were related to one another and whether the underlying components (factors) and each question's load on the components could be identified as anticipated. An alpha level lesser than 0.05 was considered significant.

Results: Answers to functional- and interactive/ critical- VL questions showed good/ acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.817 and 0.699, respectively), lowest values observed were 0.806 for functional scale and 0.640 for the interactive-critical scale. PCA showed two components accounting for 52.45% of the total variability. Approximately 60% of respondents were females (n=686). Almost all respondents used the internet to seek information regarding COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination. Many used at least one social media actively with 74.4% of respondents sometimes believing the validity of this information.

Conclusions: High scores were observed in both functional- and interactive/ critical-VL, and were quite balanced between genders in the prior VL and higher in females for the latter; these were also closely related to the educational level and age group. It is crucial to increase public health literacy on managing the pandemic.

According to a survey on the state of digital literacy in 2022, DI Yogyakarta has the highest digital literacy Index score among other provinces in Indonesia with 3.64 points. The same survey found that Indonesia's digital literacy index score increased from 3.46 in 2020 to 3.54 in 2022.

93,79 (%) in 2021.