Ethiopia Literacy and Education Levels from 2016 DHS Survey

Ethiopia's literacy and education levels derived from the 2016 Standard Demographic Health Survey (DHS). The data is provided by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia and published by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). It is available as a GEOTIFF raster file with a spatial resolution of 0.05 pixels.

Use Cases

• Mapping literacy rate disparities based on the geospatial raster data
• Analyzing the relationship between education levels and other demographic factors suggested by the DHS source
• Creating visualizations for regional educational development planning based on the cluster-level data

Strengths

• Data originates from the 2016 Standard Demographic Health Survey (DHS), a recognized demographic data collection program.
• Spatial resolution is specified as 0.05 pixels.
• License is clearly defined as CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Central Statistical Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia via the 2016 Standard Demographic Health Survey (DHS).

Collection Method

Survey data aggregated and published as a geospatial raster by IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC).

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 09:12:44.981888; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia