Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated September 09, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the Literacy rate and Library use rate in the City of Manila

We are pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to our published data:

CPH Reports 2020:

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/reports

Three in Every Four Persons Aged 5-24 Years Are Currently Attending School (2020 Census of Population and Housing):

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684063635

Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing):

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059980

Annual Poverty Indicator Survey:

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis

you may refer to our Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023:

https://psa.gov.ph/content/four-out-five-children-aged-5-24-years-were-attending-school-school-year-2022-2023

Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey:

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media

Apayao and Benguet Topped the Country’s Basic and Functional Literacy Rates in 2024

https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/node/1684076281

2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development:

https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

You may also refer to our OpenSTAT:

https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G04/?tablelist=true

2020 Census of Population Report No. 6 - Barangay Characteristics

https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/main-publication/2_Report%2520No.6_Brgy%2520Characteristics_26April2023_RRDH_CRD-signed.pdf

Table 9 Number and Percent of Barangays with Public Library by Region,

Province, and Highly Urbanized City: 2020

You may also refer to National Library of the Philippines through this link http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/

For other sources, you may also visit the following websites:

(For Time series Data) OpenStat: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/

(For Microdata/PUF) PSADA: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/

(For Online Publication) Digital Library: https://library.psa.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza

Assistant National Statistician

Information Technology and Dissemination Service