Ukraine UA: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 99.974 % in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.430 % for 2001. Ukraine UA: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 99.702 % from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2012, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.974 % in 2012 and a record low of 99.430 % in 2001. Ukraine UA: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.World Bank: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Ukraine literacy rate for 2021 was 100.00%, a 0.03% increase from 2012.

• Ukraine literacy rate for 2012 was 99.97%, a 0.54% increase from 2001.
• Ukraine literacy rate for 2001 was 99.43%, a 99.43% increase from .
• Ukraine literacy rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .

Ukraine: Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2021 is 99.9 percent, a decline from 99.97 percent in 2012. In comparison, the world average is 93.45 percent, based on data from 58 countries. Historically, the average for Ukraine from 2001 to 2021 is 99.96 percent. The minimum value, 99.9 percent, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 100 percent was recorded in 2001.

Language data drawn from the 2001 government census. Includes the percentage of the population for whom this is their main language, English speaking rates, and literacy rates of people age 15 and older. Available at the admin 0, 1, and 2 levels.

Approximately two-thirds of the Ukrainian population never read electronic books or listened to audiobooks. Among different book formats, print books were the most popular among Ukrainian adults in 2023, followed by e-books.

Nearly 60 percent of Ukrainians who had children read to them several times a week or every day. In contrast, 18 percent of respondents never read to their children.

Abstract

The STEP (Skills Toward Employment and Productivity) Measurement program is the first ever initiative to generate internationally comparable data on skills available in developing countries. The program implements standardized surveys to gather information on the supply and distribution of skills and the demand for skills in labor market of low-income countries.

The uniquely-designed Household Survey includes modules that measure the cognitive skills (reading, writing and numeracy), socio-emotional skills (personality, behavior and preferences) and job-specific skills (subset of transversal skills with direct job relevance) of a representative sample of adults aged 15 to 64 living in urban areas, whether they work or not. The cognitive skills module also incorporates a direct assessment of reading literacy based on the Survey of Adults Skills instruments. Modules also gather information about family, health and language. The STEP Skills Measurement Survey for Ukraine is integrated into the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) 2012.

Geographic coverage

The STEP survey was limited to the urban area of Ukraine.

Analysis unit

The units of analysis are the individual respondents and households. A household roster is undertaken at the start of the survey and the individual respondent is randomly selected among all household members aged 15 to 64 included. The random selection process was designed by the STEP team and compliance with the procedure is carefully monitored during fieldwork.

Universe

The target population for the Ukraine STEP survey comprises all non-institutionalized persons 15 to 64 years of age (inclusive) living in private dwellings in urban areas of the country at the time of data collection. This includes all residents except foreign diplomats and non-nationals working for international organizations.

The sample excluded individuals permanently institutionalized in medical facilities, military quarters, and prisons; these exclusions totalled about 725,000 persons or about 2% of the population. Also excluded from STEP was a 30-km zone around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, an area with a high level of radiation contamination where public access is restricted and all population was evacuated.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The Ukraine used a stratified sample design comprised of three components: 1) ULMS Panel Sample; 2) New ULMS-2012 subsample; 3) Step Urban Subsample.

In the ULMS Panel Sample and the Step Urban Subsample, the urban sample was selected within 26 strata consisting of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Kiev, and 24 Oblasts, i.e., geographic administrative units. In the New ULMS-2012 subsample, there was no explicit stratification. The Survey Weighting Summary (see related materials) provides more information on the sampling procedure.

Sampling deviation

Some of the sampled households were ineligible for STEP for reasons such as vacant, not habitable, no eligible household member, etc.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The merged ULMS-STEP survey instrument consists of three questionnaires : (i) the merged household questionnaire\roster, including the first block of STEP; (ii) the standard individual questionnaire, including the fifth block of STEP and some parts of the second, third and fourth blocks of STEP; (iii) and the extended individual questionnaire, with an additional module on employment skills and a Reading Literacy Assessment developed by Educational Testing Services (ETS).

All countries adapted and translated both instruments from English, following the STEP Technical Standards: 2 independent translators adapted and translated the Background Questionnaire and Reading Literacy Assessment, while reconciliation was carried out by a third translator. In the Ukraine STEP survey, household and individual questionnaires were prepared in both Ukranian and Russian. However, the literacy assessment was done in Ukrainian only (due to budget constraints).

• The survey instruments were both piloted as part of the survey pretest.
• The adapted Background Questionnaires are provided in English as external resources. The Reading Literacy Assessment is protected by copyright and will not be published.

Country-specific questions on the Household Questionnaire result from a merge of STEP Ukraine survey with ULMS-2012 panel study.

Cleaning operations

STEP Data Management Process 1. Raw data is sent by the survey firm 2. The WB STEP team runs data checks on the Background Questionnaire data. - ETS runs data checks on the Reading Literacy Assessment data. - Comments and questions are sent back to the survey firm. 3. The survey firm reviews comments and questions. When a data entry error is identified, the survey firm corrects the data. 4. The WB STEP team and ETS check the data files are clean. This might require additional iterations with the survey firm. 5. Once the data has been checked and cleaned, the WB STEP team computes the weights. Weights are computed by the STEP team to ensure consistency across sampling methodologies. 6. ETS scales the Reading Literacy Assessment data. 7. The WB STEP team merges the Background Questionnaire data with the Reading Literacy Assessment data and computes derived variables.

Detailed information data processing in STEP surveys is provided in the 'Guidelines for STEP Data Entry Programs' document provided as an external resource. The template do-file used by the STEP team to check the raw background questionnaire data is provided as an external resource.

Response rate

An overall response rate of 60.4% was achieved in the Ukraine STEP Survey.

Sampling error estimates

A weighting documentation was prepared for each participating country and provides some information on sampling errors. All country weighting documentations are provided as an external resource.

Around 19.5 percent of the population in Ukraine were not interested in reading at all in 2018, while 10.6 percent considered it to be an integral part of their lives. Approximately two thirds of Ukrainians were occasional readers.

UA：非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比在12-01-2012达99.970%，相较于12-01-2001的99.805%有所增长。UA：非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2001至12-01-2012期间平均值为99.887%，共2份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2012，达99.970%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2001，为99.805%。CEIC提供的UA：非文盲率：年轻人：占15-24岁人群百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的乌克兰 – 表 UA.世界银行：教育统计。

In 2020, 38 percent of the Ukrainian population did not read any printed books over the past year. Nearly 40 percent of Ukrainians read between one and five printed books during the same period.

Among book readers in the Ukrainian population, over 36 percent tended to spend one to two hours on reading per day in 2018. A slightly lower share of approximately 33 percent spent 30 to 60 minutes per day on reading books.

In 2023, most of the war refugees and migrants from the war in Ukraine have not undergone further training and education in Poland. Significantly more refugees have also attended a Polish language course, a full 27 percent. However, this could be because many pre-war migrants could already speak Polish at the time of the survey. Meanwhile, more pre-war migrants attended the high school.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, 18 percent of Ukrainian adults admitted to having read more books than prior to the quarantine. Among children aged from 6 to 17 years, 16 percent reduced their book consumption.