noun
literacy rate
The percentage of people in a given population who can read and write. Often used in educational and developmental contexts.
この国の識字率は90パーセントを超えている。
The literacy rate in this country exceeds 90 percent.
識字率の向上は経済発展に不可欠だ。
Improving the literacy rate is essential for economic development.
非識字率 is the illiteracy rate, the complement of 識字率.
Compound of 識字 (しきじ, 'literacy') and 率 (りつ, 'rate'). 識字 itself is from 識 (しき, 'discern, know') and 字 (じ, 'character').