Adult literacy rate of Philippines improved by 2.08% from 96.0 % in 2019 to 98.0 % in 2020. Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 96.787 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 95.826 % for 2008. Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 93.565 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2013, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.787 % in 2013 and a record low of 82.762 % in 1980. Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.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).

Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data was reported at 97.425 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 97.020 % for 2008. Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 95.816 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2013, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 97.425 % in 2013 and a record low of 91.063 % in 1980. Philippines PH: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 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).

According to a survey conducted among young people across ASEAN countries in September 2020, 76 percent of respondents from the Philippines regarded digital literacy skills as very important, compared to 33 percent of respondents from Myanmar. Meanwhile, around 94 percent of Laotian respondents viewed the ability to navigate the digital world as important and very important.

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Language data drawn from the 2010 government census. Includes the percentage of the population who general speak each language at home, and literacy rates of men and women age 10 and older. Available at the admin 0, 1, and 2 levels.

Read Philippines or Basa Pilipinas was a four-year early grade reading project that operated from January 2013 to December 2016 and supported the Philippine Department of Education’s national reading program. Basa assisted the implementation of transformative literacy practices in selected divisions of Regions 1 and 7 by providing teacher and student materials, training teachers and school heads, and providing post-training support for Grade 1, 2 and 3 teachers, as well as providing Early Language, Literacy and Numeracy training to kindergarten teachers. The Basa Pilipinas activity used a quasi-experimental cross-sectional design to evaluate the impact of the treatment in improving reading and comprehension skills. Sampling was conducted at three levels: school, classrooms, and student. The school sample was drawn randomly from the activity’s five provinces. Within each school, one grade 2 classroom was selected randomly for baseline and midline with an additional grade 3 classroom selected during the endline. Within each classroom, students were randomly selected to be administered the assessment. A total of 469 students were sample from 40 schools in two provinces at the baseline (comparison), 1,216 students were sampled from 80 schools in five provinces at the midline (intervention 1), and 1,658 students were sampled from 5 provinces at the endline (intervention 2). The disparity in the number of provinces sampled is due to the expansion of the intervention from two provinces to five provinces starting at the midline to provide a more complete picture of the Basa outcomes. To enable the computation of estimates of literacy skills among students in all schools affected by the Basa intervention, design weights were applied to the analyses of EGRA data. Design weights were applied to compensate for differences in provincial sampling and to ensure an appropriate representation of learners in all provinces in the sample.

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The dataset shows enrolment in public and private schools by level of education.

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PH：非文盲率：年轻男性：15-24岁男性百分比在12-01-2013达97.425%，相较于12-01-2008的97.020%有所增长。PH：非文盲率：年轻男性：15-24岁男性百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1980至12-01-2013期间平均值为95.816%，共7份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2013，达97.425%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1980，为91.063%。CEIC提供的PH：非文盲率：年轻男性：15-24岁男性百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的菲律宾 – 表 PH.世行.WDI：教育统计。

The statistic shows the results of a survey about the frequency of book reading among adults in the Philippines in 2017. During the period examined, approximately 17 percent of the respondents stated that they read books daily, followed by 49.2 percent of the respondents who claimed to read books at least once a week.

Predicted number of school-aged children (10 to 19 years old) in each functional literacy class in the Philippines in 2017.