Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 03:00 PM, Dec 04, 2023

December 4, 2023

Dear Jannele Jimenez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 11, 2023 03:04:16 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Functional literacy ratio by sex.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, you may refer to our published data below:

Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index
https://psa.gov.ph/publication/census-population-and-housing-report
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%22

Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059980

Table A. Literacy of the Household Population Five Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, and Region: 2020
Table B. Household Population 5 years and over by Highest Educational Attainment, Age Group, Sex, and Region: 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/3_HGC%20and%20Literacy%20Statistical%20Table.xlsx

Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/index
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22FLEMMS%20-%20Functional%20Literacy%2C%20Education%20and%20Mass%20Media%20Survey.%22

2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS)
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15951&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22FLEMMS%20-%20Functional%20Literacy%2C%20Education%20and%20Mass%20Media%20Survey.%22

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
https://psa.gov.ph/sdg
https://psa.gov.ph/sdg/index
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/kmcd/B_Consolidated_2022_SDG_Watch_2nd_Round_Update_as_of_27_Dec_2022.pdf

4 Quality Education: https://psa.gov.ph/sdg/Philippines/baselinedata/quality_education

OpenSTAT: 4.6.1 Percentage of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G04/0133I3D0461.px/?rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377

Adult Functional Literacy Rate 25-64 Years Old by Sex
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E1/0143K3F1140.px/?rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377

Functional 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/0043E3D4150.px/?rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377

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=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377

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Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service