Adult literacy rate in Philippines is 96.3%. Male literacy is 95.8%. Female literacy is 96.8%. Therefore, male literacy and female literacy differ by 1%. Government expenditure on education is 2.8% of GDP. The education index of Philippines is 0.61 - formal education levels in the country are average, but most of the population has a secondary school education at least; higher education is possible and not uncommon. People in Philippines speak the English,Filipino language.

English language
In Philippines, around 1% of the population or 57,292,884 people speak English. 5,036,935 of Philippines's population call English their first language. 52,255,949 of Philippines's population use English as either foreign or second language.