Taiwan: Literacy Rate Continues To Rise From One Generation To The Next

While the global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%, Taiwan's literacy rate has hit a record high of 98.04 percent.

If reports are to be believed then Taiwan's literacy rate has shot up 98.04 percent in the last 10 years (from 2000 to 2010 - up from 95.55 percent to 98.04 percent).

The rate of literacy refers to the ability to sufficiently read and write. The main reasons for such an upward trend stems from the evolution of the educational system. Taiwan focuses on population growth, regions and cities, ethnicity and it's literacy rate was 86% in 1980, up from 78% in 1970, according to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

In 1981 the population totaled 18.1 million, an increase of about 20% from the 1971 total of 15 million. Taiwan's population grew 1.9% in 1981, a decline from the 2.2% growth rate of 1971.


Highlights
Religions: Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, Taoist or Confucian folk religionist approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Literacy     
Age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 98.5%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 97.3% (2014 est.)
 
Population  : 23,508,428 (July 2017 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 12.88% (male 1,559,074/female 1,468,319)
15-24 years: 12.88% (male 1,551,228/female 1,476,660)
25-54 years: 46.41% (male 5,445,338/female 5,463,804)
55-64 years: 14.12% (male 1,622,111/female 1,696,564)
65 years and over: 13.72% (male 1,475,534/female 1,749,796) (2017 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 35.2
Youth dependency ratio: 18.6
elderly dependency ratio: 16.6
Potential support ratio: 6 (2015 est.)
Median age         
Total: 40.7 years
Male: 40 years
Female: 41.5 years (2017 est.)
Population growth rate:          0.17% (2017 est.)
Birth rate: 8.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate  : 7.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
 
Statistics Courtesy: www.indexmundi.com