Literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia
Indonesia: Literacy rate, adult female was 94.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia, 1980–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15 and above.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia is 94.5%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia peaked at 94.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 57.7%, in 1980.
That places Indonesia 37th out of 89 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15 and above | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 57.7% | — |
| 1990 | 75.3% | +30.5% |
| 2004 | 86.8% | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 88.8% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 89.1% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 89.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 89.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.1% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 93.5% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 94.0% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +0.6% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 94.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.8%, 100% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 94.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95.0%, 99% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +30.5% | 57.7% | 75.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 57.7% | 57.7% | 57.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 75.3% | 75.3% | 75.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 88.6% | 86.8% | 89.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 89.9% | 94.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 94.5% | 94.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More gender data for Indonesia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 66,364 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.7373 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 229,513 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 229,513 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2.13 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2.26 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2.14 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2.26 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2.15 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia?
- Literacy rate, adult female in Indonesia was 94.5% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, adult female recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, adult female recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.7% in 1980.
- How does Indonesia rank for literacy rate, adult female?
- Indonesia ranks 37th out of 89 countries with data for 2020.
- Is literacy rate, adult female rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.