About this Dataset

Cross-country Literacy Rates - World Bank, CIA World Factbook, And Other Sources

This dataset combines long-run cross-country literacy rates from several sources including the World Bank's WDI, CIA Factbook, and other historical data series. Key sources include Buringh & Van Zanden (2009) for data before 1800, Broadberry and O'Rourke (2010) for 1820 and 1870, and van Zanden et al. (2014) for global estimates from 1820-2000. It also includes recent estimates for high-income countries and available 2016 data from the CIA World Factbook. Note that the sources may have discrepancies and different underlying methodologies, and thus year-to-year changes should be interpreted cautiously.

Tables

Cross-country Literacy Rates

@owid.literacy_rates.owid_literacy_rates

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CREATE TABLE owid_literacy_rates (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "literacy_rates_world_bank_cia_world_factbook_and_other_sources" FLOAT  -- Literacy Rates, World Bank, Cia World Factbook, And Other Sources
);