The rate of adult literacy as share of the country's population 15 years and above in Ghana increased by 1.3 percent (+1.64 percent) in 2020 in comparison to the previous year. While the growth is slowing down, with 80.38 percent, the rate of adult literacy is at its peak in the observed period. Notably, the rate of adult literacy continuously increased over the last years.
The source indicated that adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write as well as understand a short simple statement about their everyday life. It also stated that literacy rate is an outcome indicator to evaluate educational attainment. It added that data on literacy are compiled by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics based on national censuses and household surveys and, for countries without literacy data, by using the Global Age-Specific Literacy Projection Model (GALP).
Population and Housing Census is carried out every 10 years in Ghana, and the last one was in 2010. Some statistics may have been compiled using the GALP.
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