World Bank Global Findex data tracks the percentage of adults aged 15 and over who can read a text message on a mobile phone, segmented by those with primary education or less. This dataset likely contains country-level indicators for analyzing the digital skills gap. It originates from the Global Findex database, a major source for financial inclusion and technology adoption metrics.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the correlation between educational attainment and basic digital skills across countries (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking national digital literacy rates for populations with low formal education (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the impact of mobile technology access on functional literacy (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Bank platform, a major international data source.
- Sourced from the authoritative Global Findex database.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content, column definitions, and data quality require verification after download.
- Row count, file format, and last update date are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Findex database
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Likely global coverage, based on platform tags.