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

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.

Global rank#9out of 42 countries
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Historical trend

98.594.790.987.183.3198020002020Philippines · 2020: 98Philippines

Analytical takeaways

  • Philippines records 98 for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2020, ranking #9 globally out of 42 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) increased from 83 in 1980 to 98 in 2020, a gain of 15.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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