China - Elderly illiterate population

23,457,964 (number) in 2018

In 2018, elderly illiteracy for China was 23.5 million. Between 1990 and 2018, elderly illiteracy of China was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 46.1 million in 1990 to 23.5 million in 2018.

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What is elderly illiteracy?

Elderly illiterate population. Total is the total number of adults over age 65 who cannot both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life.

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