Table 1. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 Years Old, by Sex, by Region, Philippines 2003
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| Functional Literacy Rate
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Region | Both Sexes | Male | Female
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| (in percent)
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Philippines 84.1 81.9 86.3
National Capital Region 94.6 94.0 95.2
Cordillera Administrative Region 85.4 83.9 87.0
I - Ilocos 88.6 88.1 89.2
II - Cagayan Valley 84.4 82.9 86.1
III - Central Luzon 86.9 86.5 87.4
IVA - Calabarzon 90.4 88.8 92.0
IVB - Mimaropa 82.3 80.2 84.4
V - Bicol 80.1 76.6 83.8
VI - Western Visayas 81.5 77.7 85.2
VII - Central Visayas 81.7 79.8 83.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 76.7 71.7 82.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 74.8 69.8 79.8
X - Northern Mindanao 83.7 80.5 86.9
XI - Davao 77.8 73.7 82.2
XII - Soccsksargen 77.1 74.5 79.7
XIII - Caraga 81.0 77.3 84.6
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao 62.9 63.6 62.1
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Source: National Statistics Office,
2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey
Page last updated: February 11, 2005
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