Indonesia's 2021 Rural Literacy Rate Shows a Slight Increase
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Reading and writing are fundamental literacy skills that every individual must possess. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the literacy rate (AMH) of the rural population aged 15 and over in Indonesia has continued to increase over the last decade.
The national literacy rate of the rural population aged 15 and over was recorded at 93.65% in 2021, a slight increase of 0.01 percentage points from 93.64% the previous year.
By region, the rural literacy rate in North Sulawesi in 2021 was the highest in the country, reaching 99.7%.
Meanwhile, the province with the lowest rural literacy rate was Papua, at only 70.56%.
According to the BPS, the literacy rate refers to the proportion of the population aged 15 and over who have the ability to read and write Latin and other alphabets, without necessarily understanding what they are reading/writing, relative to the population aged 15 and over.
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