Philippines literacy rate for 2020 was 98.47%, a 2.19% increase from 2019.
Philippines literacy rate for 2019 was 96.28%, a 1.9% decline from 2015.
Philippines literacy rate for 2015 was 98.18%, a 1.78% increase from 2013.
Philippines literacy rate for 2013 was 96.40%, a 0.69% decline from 2010.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Philippines Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1980 - 2020.