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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%), 1980 to 2016

Percentage of females age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also
encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.

19802016198519901995200020052010IndonesiaPakistanIndiaChinaWorldBrazil

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics