Literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition); and the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural aspects of reading and writing[1] and functional literacy.[2][3]

Adult literacy rates, 2015 or most recent observation[4]
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  4. ^ "Adult literacy rates, 2015 or most recent observation". Our World in Data. Retrieved 15 February 2020.