The percentage of Indonesian people unable to read and write Latin and other alphabets (illiteracy) has been decreasing annually, as shown in the graph below. In 1995, the illiterate population was above 13%, but by 2014 it had fallen below 5%.
According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), in 2017, the illiterate population aged 10 and above reached 4.08% of the total population aged 10 and above. This figure is lower than the previous year's 4.19%.
Meanwhile, the illiteracy rate for the population aged 15 and above was 4.5%, and for those aged 15-45 years, it was 0.94%. The illiteracy rate for the population aged 45 and above reached 11.08%.
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