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Question Type Key:

  • 1: Uses a question such as 'Do you have disability?'
  • 2: Use a list of medical conditions
  • 3: Uses a question on functional limitations, i.e. what a person can or cannot do
  • 4: Used the Washington Group Questions in some way that is not recommended
  • 5: Used the Washington Group Questions as recommended

4.6.1(a.3): Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, by sex (15 years and above)

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Country

People without disabilities

86%
Albania Question Type: 1
92%
28%
Bangladesh Question Type: 5
53%
12%
Burkina Faso Question Type: 1
25%
49%
Cambodia Question Type: 5
58%
57%
Cameroon Question Type: 2
66%
No Data
Chad Question Type: 2
No Data
91%
Costa Rica Question Type: 2
98%
77%
Dominican Republic Question Type: 4
89%
77%
Ecuador Question Type: 1
95%
38%
Egypt Question Type: 2
67%
58%
El Salvador Question Type: 3
84%
27%
Ethiopia Question Type: 3
39%
42%
Gambia Question Type: 5
46%
57%
Ghana Question Type: 1
72%
51%
Iraq Question Type: 1
72%
56%
Jordan Question Type: 1
89%
41%
Liberia Question Type: 5
55%
60%
Malawi Question Type: 5
74%
26%
Mali Question Type: 5
31%
75%
Mexico Question Type: 3
94%
34%
Mozambique Question Type: 1
50%
37%
Nigeria Question Type: 5
68%
28%
Pakistan Question Type: 5
No Data
75%
Panama Question Type: 1
95%
74%
Philippines Question Type: 1
93%
100%
Rwanda Question Type: 5
100%
38%
Senegal Question Type: 5
38%
25%
Sierra Leone Question Type: 1
36%
22%
South Sudan Question Type: 5
27%
45%
Tanzania Question Type: 5
77%
0.49%
Thailand Question Type: 2
1.53%
31%
Timor-Leste Question Type: 5
62%
46%
Uganda Question Type: 5
58%
89%
Uruguay Question Type: 4
99%
71%
Venezuela Question Type: 1
94%
59%
Vietnam Question Type: 5
94%
No Data
Yemen Question Type: 1
No Data
63%
Zambia Question Type: 1
84%
77%
Zimbabwe Question Type: 5
93%