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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Society And Culture
Sub-Dimension Education, Health and Culture
Category Education
KPI Name Adult Literacy
KPI No. SC: EH: ED: 4C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Adult literacy rate
Description

Rationale / The indicator is a direct measure of the skill levels of youth and adults.
Interpretation / Adult literacy rate is defined as “the percentage of population aged 15 years and
Benchmarking over who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on
his/her everyday life.” (UNESCO)
Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple
arithmetic calculations.
An improving trend and higher values are considered positive.
Source(s) Education Indicators: Technical Guidelines. Retrieved from
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/Library/Documents/eiguide09-en.pdf >
ITU-D Statistics. Retrieved from <http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-
D/Statistics/Pages/publications/mis2015/methodology.aspx >
Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: number of adult city inhabitants who are deemed literate.
Denominator: Total number of adult city inhabitants.
Multiply by 100
Unit Percentage

Data Sources / The data may be collected from local education or labour force departments, or
Relevant may need to be interpreted from national data.
Databases The indicator is a direct measure of the skill levels of youth and adults.
It may also be collected from the following sources: United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UNESCO/UIS (UNESCO Institute
of Statistics), including the Education for All 2000 Assessment [1].

SDG Reference(s) SDG Indicator 4.6.1: Percentage of population in a given group achieving at least a
fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills.

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