% of population - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's adult literacy rate was 53.6% as of January 2012. Proportion of adults with at least Level 3 literacy skills on the international adult literacy scale. Measured only twice by ABS (2006 and 2011-12) and not repeated, so the latest figure is from 2011-12; the two surveys are not directly comparable. Literacy underpins participation in the workforce and civic life. Low literacy limits economic mobility. Data is sourced from Source retired — the ABS Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 2006 and PIAAC 2011-12 (Cat. 4228.0) were not repeated. No newer data exists; the series is historical only. and updated annually.
Proportion of adults with at least Level 3 literacy skills on the international adult literacy scale. Measured only twice by ABS (2006 and 2011-12) and not repeated, so the latest figure is from 2011-12; the two surveys are not directly comparable.
Literacy underpins participation in the workforce and civic life. Low literacy limits economic mobility.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Source retired — the ABS Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 2006 and PIAAC 2011-12 (Cat. 4228.0) were not repeated. No newer data exists; the series is historical only.), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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