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Number of the illiterate people (no read no write) in the Philippines in 2023

Requested from PSA by C. Laureta at 06:49 PM on Apr 20, 2023.
Purpose: Research and development
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2022 - 04/20/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-687857707709

Laureta 06:49 PM, Apr 20, 2023 

Hi! I would like to get an information about the number of the illiterate people (No read, no write) in the Philippines, regardless of age.

I would also want to get information about how projects that the government is doing to address illiteracy (no read, no write) in the country.

Nisperos 03:25 PM, Jun 08, 2023 

June 8, 2023

Dear Charles Worren E. Laureta,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 20, 2023 06:49:16 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Number of the illiterate people (no read no write) in the Philippines in 2023.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, please be informed that our related data on literacy are limited to the following:

1) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: EDUCATION AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook/2021

Table 10.13 Simple Literacy Rate of the Population 10 Years Old and Over by Region: 2008, 2013, and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T10_13.xlsx

Table 10.15 Literacy of the Household Population 10 Years Old and Over, by Age Group and Sex: 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T10_15.xlsx

2) Functional Literacy Rate is Estimated at 91.6 Percent in 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/content/functional-literacy-rate-estimated-916-percent-2019

Table 1. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, region and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/FLEMMS%202019%20Tables%20for%20PR%202_approved%20%28formatted%29.xlsx

Table 2. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest educational attainment, sex and age group, Philippines: 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/FLEMMS%202019%20Tables%20for%20PR%202_approved%20%28formatted%29.xlsx

Table 5. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/FLEMMS%202019%20Tables%20for%20PR%202_approved%20%28formatted%29.xlsx

c) Basic Literacy rate of 10 to 19 year olds by Region, Year, Age group and Sexes
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3E4140.px/?rxid=12610e83-fae4-4371-bc2d-440471354aed

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Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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