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Literacy Rate Adult Total for Sierra Leone

Indicator Definition:
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 statistic "Literacy Rate Adult Total" stands at 43.58 percent as of 12/31/2019, the lowest value since 12/31/2005.
Regarding the One-Year-Change of the series, the current value constitutes a decrease of -5.24 percentage points compared to the value the year prior.
The 1 year change in percentage points is -5.24.
The 5 year change in percentage points is -0.7642.

The Serie's long term average value is 44.30 percent. It's latest available value, on 12/31/2019, is 0.721 percentage points lower, compared to it's long term average value.
The Serie's change in percentage points from it's minimum value, on 12/31/2004, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2019, is +8.75.
The Serie's change in percentage points from it's maximum value, on 12/31/2015, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2019, is -5.82.

Display Metadata Information

Measure	Realization
Indicator Name:	Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Indicator Source:	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2021 \| macro-rankings.com
Indicator Description:	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.
Observations earliest Date:	12/31/2004
Observations latest Date:	12/31/2019