Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 01:40 PM, Sep 12, 2023

September 12, 2023

Dear Angela Roxas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jul 26, 2023 10:22:58 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Literacy Rate.

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, kindly see our available and published data as follows:

1) 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

Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/3_HGC%20and%20Literacy%20Statistical%20Table.xlsx

Historical publications of the Census of Population and Housing reports: 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://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing.%22

2) Functional literacy rate of Filipinos by exposure to different forms of mass media ranges from 92.6 percent to 97.1 percent in 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/content/functional-literacy-rate-filipinos-exposure-different-forms-mass-media-ranges-926-percent

FLEMMS Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/dhsd/2022-12/2%2520-%2520FLEMMS%25202019%2520Statistical-Tables-PR3%2520%2528formatted%2529.xlsx

FLEMMS Publication 1994-2019: 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

c)  2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 10.13 Simple Literacy Rate of the Population 10 Years Old and Over by Region: 2008, 2013, and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_13.xlsx	
Table 10.14 Functional Literacy Rate of the Population 10-64 Years Old by Region: 2008, 2013, and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_14.xlsx	
Table 10.15 Literacy of the Household Population 10 Years Old and Over, by Age Group and Sex: 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_15.xlsx	
Table 10.16 Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 - 64 Years Old by Highest Educational Attainment, Region: 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_16.xlsx

Table 10.13 SIMPLE LITERACY RATE OF THE POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY REGION 1994, 2000 and 2003 (In percent): https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/psy%2520chapter%252010_07.xls

4) Data from OpenSTAT portal

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=4a9651af-fce6-4e43-8ed5-524b342d316a

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=4a9651af-fce6-4e43-8ed5-524b342d316a

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=4a9651af-fce6-4e43-8ed5-524b342d316a

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=4a9651af-fce6-4e43-8ed5-524b342d316a

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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