Literacy rates, one-sentence test vs. official estimate
The one-sentence test corresponds to data from DHS surveys. Specifically, the percentage of survey respondents, aged 15 and above, who can read a whole or part ofa sentence showed to them. The official estimate corresponds to the UNESCO literacy rate. In most countries this correspond to the percentage of people, aged 15 andabove, who say they can read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
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- Adult literacy rate
- Literacy rate in adult men
- Literacy rate in adult women
- Literacy rate of young men and women
- Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita
- Literacy rates, adult female, one-sentence test (DHS) vs. self-reports (UNESCO)
- Literacy rates, adult male, one-sentence test (DHS) vs. self-reports (UNESCO)
- Youth literacy rate, female
- Youth literacy rate, male