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

Name: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Creator: World Bank

Source: World Bank

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Literacy rate, adult total (% of...

Indicator

2018

Year

76.7200012207031

Value

15 May 2026

Updated

Description

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

Title	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Description	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Source Organisation	World Bank
Domain	education
Year	2018
Indicator	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Value	76.7200012207031
Last Updated	15 May 2026

Coverage

Series Type	National time series
Records in Series	1455
Years Covered	1987 to 2020
Distinct Years	5
Districts Identified	0
Regions Identified	0
Sources Represented	1

Years

1987 1998 2017 2018 2020

Sources

World Bank

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wb_malawi_indicator_literacy_rate_adult_total_of_people_ages_15_and_above_SE.ADT.LITR.ZS_MW.csv

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Confidence 1.00

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

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Recent Validation Issues

Severity	Field	Message
Warning	district	No Malawi district identified

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Upstream Source	https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS

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World Bank. Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above). Kafukufuku Data Hub, Education, 1987 to 2020. Source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS.

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Field	Raw Value
unit
year	2018
title	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
value	76.7200012207031
source	World Bank
_domain	education
country	Malawi
indicator	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
obs_status
description	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
country_iso3	MWI
dataset_name	World Bank Malawi Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Time Series
decimal_places	0
indicator_code	SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
_domain_confidence	1.0

Source URL: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MW/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS

Indicator Analysis

Comparing "Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)" with 250 records in Education.

Total Records

250

Year Range

1987–2020

Districts

Numeric Distribution

Minimum

48.5400009155273

Average

66.47

Maximum

76.7200012207031

Records by Year

1987

1998

2017

2018

2020

Confidence

1.00

Review Status

Auto-Approved

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

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