Literacy rate, adult (% of people ages 15 and above)

Percentage of the population 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. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

年龄15岁及以上人口中，能够理解并读写日常生活相关简短简易陈述的人群占比。通常而言，‘识字率（literacy）’还涵盖‘算术能力（numeracy）’，即开展简单算术运算的能力。该指标的计算方式为：将15岁及以上识字人口的数量除以对应年龄组的总人口数，再将结果乘以100。