article reveals issues related formation students data literacy definitions statistical literacy development time approaches ways literacy formation well methods teaching relevant courses analyzedbased analysis un experts definition data literacy content european digital competence framework citizens unesco teachers ict competency standards national statistics development program ukraine 2023 found data literacy considered one important 21st century skills shown content competence data field differs depending taken basis focus working scientific data emphasis education citizens field data employers requirements employees requirements teachers students analysts etc understanding adults data literacy develops time currently enough prepare critical consumers statistical information emphasis effective approach ability produce data well understand properties big data algorithms processing presentation consumers ethical implications data privacy issuesan analysis experience developed countries australia canada united kingdom approaches generating statistical literacy indicates prospect isolating different consumer segments developing several levels statistical literacy basic advanced society whole must basic level students thoughts leaders decision makers advanced levelnew forms students activity related data analysis introduced academics practitioners discussed building art objects storytelling based data shared data collection citizens mobile devices play data using modern data visualization services paths updating statistical literacy courses ukrainian sociology students outlined based synthetic approach taking account barriers arise studying quantitative methods courses