{
 "code": "LK.POP.LONG_RUN.LITERACY_RATE.A",
 "name": "Literacy rate",
 "unit": "Per cent",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "Department of Census and Statistics",
 "publisher": "Central Bank of Sri Lanka",
 "source_url": "https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/publications/economic-and-financial-reports/annual-economic-review",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-04-20",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.POP.LONG_RUN.LITERACY_RATE.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1953", "value": 69.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "1963", "value": 77.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "1971", "value": 78.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "1973", "value": 80.8, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 86.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 87.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 88.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 86.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 90.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 91.8, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 90.7, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 92.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 90.7, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 91.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 91.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 91.3, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 91.4, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 91.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 92.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 92.7, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 92.4, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 93.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 93.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 93.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 92.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 92.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 92.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 93.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 93.3, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 93.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 93.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 93.3, "status": null}
 ]
}