DefinitionLiteracy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a...
Despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the past 50 years, there are still 754 million illiterate adults around the world, most of whom are women. These numbers produced by the UIS are a stark...
DefinitionThe literacy rate is defined by the percentage of the population of a given age group that can read and write. The adult literacy rate corresponds to ages 15 and above, the youth literacy...
DefinitionRefers to the capacity of a person to engage in all those activities in which literacy is required for effective function of his or her group and community and also for enabling him or her...
DefinitionDigital literacy involves the confident and critical use of a full range of digital technologies for information, communication and basic problem-solving in all aspects of life. It is...
DefinitionSDG Indicator 4.6.2: Literacy is the ability to read and write, with understanding, a short, simple sentence about one’s everyday life. This definition emphases basic literacy, focusing on...
DefinitionPercentage of the population aged 65 years and over who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. The literacy rate indicates the total...
