World Bank · Education

Philippines: Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female

160,004count · 2015

Total number of females over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. Annual figures for Philippines from 1980 to 2015.

19802015

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2015160,004
2013254,407
2008281,942
2003163,905
2000333,946
199478,660
1990308,574
1980454,338

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Elderly illiterate population, 65+ years, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-elderly-illiterate-population-65-years-female (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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