Table E. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10-64 Years Old, by Sex, Age Group and Region
Philippines: 2003
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| Population 10 - 64 years old | Functional literacy rate
| (in thousands) | (in percent)
Age Group and Region | ----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
| Both Sexes | Male | Female | Both Sexes | Male | Female
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Philippines 57,588 28,947 28,641 84.1 81.9 86.3
10 - 14 9,686 4,913 4,772 76.7 73.2 80.3
15 - 19 8,676 4,348 4,328 88.8 86.1 91.5
20 - 24 7,541 3,786 3,756 91.0 88.7 93.3
25 - 29 6,351 3,206 3,145 88.4 86.6 90.2
30 - 39 10,908 5,496 5,412 85.6 83.7 87.6
40 - 49 7,860 3,969 3,891 83.4 81.5 85.4
50 - 59 4,813 2,384 2,429 77.6 77.0 78.2
60 - 64 1,753 844 909 67.5 67.9 67.0
National Capital Region 7,711 3,693 4,019 94.6 94.0 95.2
10 - 14 942 492 450 89.5 88.1 91.1
15 - 19 1,063 481 582 97.4 98.0 97.0
20 - 24 1,314 596 718 97.3 96.5 98.0
25 - 29 1,029 503 526 96.8 96.5 97.0
30 - 39 1,549 755 794 94.9 94.7 95.2
40 - 49 982 486 496 94.4 92.7 96.1
50 - 59 610 285 325 90.5 91.1 90.0
60 - 64 222 94 128 86.6 84.8 88.0
Cordillera Administrative
Region 997 513 484 85.4 83.9 87.0
10 - 14 167 85 82 86.4 86.2 86.7
15 - 19 160 81 80 89.0 85.8 92.3
20 - 24 132 69 63 90.2 87.2 93.6
25 - 29 103 54 49 93.1 90.2 96.3
30 - 39 190 96 94 90.2 89.5 91.0
40 - 49 133 73 60 78.3 75.2 82.0
50 - 59 73 35 38 72.3 69.9 74.6
60 - 64 37 19 18 52.3 66.3 37.5
I - Ilocos 3,007 1,559 1,448 88.6 88.1 89.2
10 - 14 517 270 246 81.1 79.8 82.5
15 - 19 437 241 197 90.9 88.1 94.2
20 - 24 392 218 174 93.7 93.3 94.0
25 - 29 299 154 145 92.2 92.1 92.3
30 - 39 563 292 270 92.3 92.3 92.3
40 - 49 423 207 215 89.3 88.3 90.2
50 - 59 269 128 141 83.5 85.9 81.3
60 - 64 108 49 59 77.7 76.0 79.1
II - Cagayan Valley 2,083 1,080 1,003 84.4 82.9 86.1
10 - 14 355 180 175 79.7 76.1 83.3
15 - 19 291 161 130 91.9 90.9 93.3
20 - 24 243 136 107 91.0 88.9 93.6
25 - 29 197 93 104 86.8 89.7 84.1
30 - 39 421 220 201 86.7 83.2 90.6
40 - 49 321 169 152 82.8 80.4 85.4
50 - 59 177 82 95 78.1 79.1 77.3
60 - 64 78 40 39 59.7 60.6 58.8
III - Central Luzon 6,356 3,194 3,162 86.9 86.5 87.4
10 - 14 1,061 534 527 77.3 75.8 78.8
15 - 19 961 484 477 89.6 88.6 90.6
20 - 24 843 445 398 94.0 91.5 96.7
25 - 29 723 361 363 91.6 90.9 92.3
30 - 39 1,172 584 588 89.1 88.7 89.5
40 - 49 888 430 458 87.4 88.8 86.1
50 - 59 541 269 272 83.2 84.9 81.5
60 - 64 168 88 80 71.4 76.1 66.2
IVA - CALABARZON 7,517 3,740 3,777 90.4 88.8 92.0
10 - 14 1,216 616 600 83.7 81.8 85.7
15 - 19 1,058 531 527 92.9 91.4 94.5
20 - 24 1,079 511 569 95.3 92.9 97.4
25 - 29 869 432 437 95.0 93.8 96.1
30 - 39 1,472 755 718 91.8 89.8 93.9
40 - 49 1,028 520 507 90.3 88.5 92.1
50 - 59 613 295 318 83.9 83.8 84.0
60 - 64 182 81 102 81.2 84.1 78.9
IVB - MIMAROPA 1,659 853 805 82.3 80.2 84.4
10 - 14 321 172 149 79.1 77.3 81.1
15 - 19 251 125 126 87.3 85.9 88.7
20 - 24 188 98 90 87.9 86.9 89.0
25 - 29 172 86 86 79.9 78.5 81.2
30 - 39 308 158 149 84.1 81.9 86.4
40 - 49 222 112 110 84.6 81.0 88.2
50 - 59 142 79 62 75.9 71.4 81.6
60 - 64 54 22 32 63.0 63.6 62.6
V - Bicol 3,270 1,686 1,584 80.1 76.6 83.8
10 - 14 667 336 331 69.9 64.7 75.3
15 - 19 507 282 224 85.5 82.8 88.9
20 - 24 375 197 178 87.5 82.9 92.6
25 - 29 324 169 155 86.9 82.5 91.8
30 - 39 576 286 290 81.9 76.8 86.9
40 - 49 434 225 209 79.8 77.0 83.0
50 - 59 281 138 143 75.8 76.6 75.1
60 - 64 106 53 54 73.8 75.0 72.7
VI - Western Visayas 4,455 2,234 2,221 81.5 77.7 85.2
10 - 14 818 396 423 74.2 69.5 78.6
15 - 19 695 354 341 89.2 87.3 91.2
20 - 24 502 278 223 90.0 85.2 96.0
25 - 29 425 213 212 84.7 79.3 90.2
30 - 39 794 384 410 82.8 79.7 85.8
40 - 49 648 322 326 81.4 75.8 87.0
50 - 59 419 206 213 74.8 70.5 78.9
60 - 64 154 81 74 59.1 62.0 55.9
VII - Central Visayas 4,294 2,161 2,133 81.7 79.8 83.6
10 - 14 719 368 351 76.0 71.7 80.6
15 - 19 631 304 328 87.6 84.5 90.4
20 - 24 556 267 290 88.2 84.4 91.7
25 - 29 472 247 226 84.4 83.4 85.5
30 - 39 786 404 382 82.8 80.4 85.3
40 - 49 604 317 287 82.3 82.1 82.6
50 - 59 375 192 184 75.5 76.5 74.4
60 - 64 150 64 86 59.6 66.5 54.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,556 1,333 1,223 76.7 71.7 82.1
10 - 14 498 261 237 69.9 65.8 74.4
15 - 19 415 223 192 83.5 75.7 92.5
20 - 24 264 145 119 83.6 79.5 88.7
25 - 29 261 135 126 85.7 83.1 88.5
30 - 39 450 226 225 75.6 70.2 81.1
40 - 49 319 166 153 74.8 69.0 81.0
50 - 59 258 134 124 71.7 66.5 77.4
60 - 64 91 43 48 62.6 60.2 64.8
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,117 1,067 1,050 74.8 69.8 79.8
10 - 14 378 193 185 67.7 59.8 76.0
15 - 19 349 168 181 81.0 74.4 87.0
20 - 24 242 121 121 84.9 79.0 90.8
25 - 29 197 109 88 81.7 78.7 85.3
30 - 39 403 193 210 77.2 72.4 81.6
40 - 49 274 140 134 72.3 70.1 74.7
50 - 59 184 93 91 64.8 64.2 65.4
60 - 64 90 49 41 55.2 50.9 60.4
X - Northern Mindanao 2,638 1,327 1,310 83.7 80.5 86.9
10 - 14 488 240 249 76.9 72.1 81.5
15 - 19 406 199 207 87.0 81.3 92.6
20 - 24 297 156 141 92.9 90.9 95.2
25 - 29 280 144 136 87.2 83.5 91.0
30 - 39 482 249 233 82.7 80.2 85.4
40 - 49 385 191 195 85.9 82.5 89.2
50 - 59 218 113 105 80.0 79.4 80.7
60 - 64 81 35 45 67.2 70.4 64.8
XI - Davao 2,779 1,433 1,346 77.8 73.7 82.2
10 - 14 496 250 246 66.3 58.5 74.2
15 - 19 433 212 221 84.4 79.5 89.1
20 - 24 333 173 160 85.9 83.1 88.9
25 - 29 315 165 150 82.1 79.5 85.0
30 - 39 504 272 232 80.9 78.3 83.8
40 - 49 396 202 193 79.3 73.5 85.5
50 - 59 225 114 111 68.6 69.7 67.5
60 - 64 77 44 32 62.3 57.5 68.8
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2,449 1,238 1,210 77.1 74.5 79.7
10 - 14 425 208 217 71.8 63.6 79.8
15 - 19 382 188 194 83.9 82.3 85.5
20 - 24 314 152 162 86.5 86.4 86.5
25 - 29 282 150 131 80.7 78.3 83.3
30 - 39 535 275 259 78.1 76.8 79.5
40 - 49 309 159 150 72.6 72.4 72.9
50 - 59 148 76 72 66.0 63.9 68.2
60 - 64 55 31 25 42.4 38.4 47.3
XIII - Caraga 1,537 766 771 81.0 77.3 84.6
10 - 14 305 154 150 74.8 71.4 78.4
15 - 19 264 129 135 86.7 79.7 93.3
20 - 24 169 87 82 88.9 88.4 89.4
25 - 29 136 65 71 81.3 78.2 84.1
30 - 39 274 134 140 84.6 79.9 89.1
40 - 49 201 102 99 81.1 78.7 83.6
50 - 59 139 68 71 72.5 69.4 75.5
60 - 64 48 26 22 63.9 64.5 63.3
ARMM 2,163 1,070 1,093 62.9 63.6 62.1
10 - 14 313 159 154 59.1 57.2 61.1
15 - 19 373 185 188 78.5 76.4 80.6
20 - 24 296 135 161 70.0 72.1 68.2
25 - 29 264 126 139 68.8 65.9 71.4
30 - 39 430 213 216 63.1 65.7 60.5
40 - 49 291 147 145 51.7 58.1 45.3
50 - 59 144 78 66 38.0 42.6 32.7
60 - 64 51 27 24 31.4 35.3 27.2
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Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: National Statistics Office
2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey
Page last updated: January 05, 2006
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