id,name,description,createdAt,updatedAt,datasetId,additionalInfo,link,dataPublishedBy
388,Global literacy since 1800 (OWID based on OECD & UNESCO (2019)),"{""retrievedDate"": ""1st February 2019"", ""additionalInfo"": ""Global literacy series was compiled by Our World in Data from 1800 based on multiple sources. This is based on adult literacy rates (of those aged 15+ years old).\n\nData from 1820 to 1940 was based on estimates from the \""OECD (2014) – How Was Life? – Global Well-being since 1820.\"" Available at: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/how-was-life_9789264214262-en. The data point for 1820 has also been assumed for the year 1800.\n\n1950-1970 estimates sourced from: UNESCO. 1972. Literacy 1969-1971. Progress Achieved in Literacy throughout the World. Paris: UNESCO (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/in/rest/annotationSVC/DownloadWatermarkedAttachment/attach_import_c0206949-c3f1-4eac-a189-9c5bcfdac220?_=001736engo.pdf)\n\n1980-2000 estimates sourced from: Carr-Hill, R., & Pessoa, J. (2008). International literacy statistics: A review of concepts, methodology and current data. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Available at: http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-literacy-statistics-a-review-of-concepts-methodology-and-current-data-en_0.pdf \n\nAnd: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2013). Adult and youth literacy: National, regional and global trends, 1985–2015. Available at: http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/adult-and-youth-literacy-national-regional-and-global-trends-1985-2015-en_0.pdf\n\n2012-2016 estimates sourced from: UNESCO Statistics (http://data.uis.unesco.org/index.aspx?queryid=166&lang=en)."", ""dataPublishedBy"": ""Data compiled by Our World in Data based on OECD - How was Life? (2014) & UNESCO Reports""}",2017-10-01 15:54:20,2017-11-02 13:04:39,2982,"Global literacy series was compiled by Our World in Data from 1800 based on multiple sources. This is based on adult literacy rates (of those aged 15+ years old).

Data from 1820 to 1940 was based on estimates from the ""OECD (2014) – How Was Life? – Global Well-being since 1820."" Available at: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/how-was-life_9789264214262-en. The data point for 1820 has also been assumed for the year 1800.

1950-1970 estimates sourced from: UNESCO. 1972. Literacy 1969-1971. Progress Achieved in Literacy throughout the World. Paris: UNESCO (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/in/rest/annotationSVC/DownloadWatermarkedAttachment/attach_import_c0206949-c3f1-4eac-a189-9c5bcfdac220?_=001736engo.pdf)

1980-2000 estimates sourced from: Carr-Hill, R., & Pessoa, J. (2008). International literacy statistics: A review of concepts, methodology and current data. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Available at: http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-literacy-statistics-a-review-of-concepts-methodology-and-current-data-en_0.pdf 

And: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2013). Adult and youth literacy: National, regional and global trends, 1985–2015. Available at: http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/adult-and-youth-literacy-national-regional-and-global-trends-1985-2015-en_0.pdf

2012-2016 estimates sourced from: UNESCO Statistics (http://data.uis.unesco.org/index.aspx?queryid=166&lang=en).",,Data compiled by Our World in Data based on OECD - How was Life? (2014) & UNESCO Reports