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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...
19th century literacy rates in the United States were relatively high, despite the country's decentralized educational system. [5] By 1875, the U.S. literacy rate was approximately 80 percent. [ 9 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...
The survey does not measure graduation rates from different educational institutions, but instead, it measures the percentage of adult residents with a high school diploma. [ 4 ] Overall, 90.3% of Americans over the age of 25 had graduated from high school in 2021, with the highest level found in the state of Massachusetts at 96.1% and the ...
Individuals over 65 had a 56% literacy rate on Medicare-specific questions, higher than the 34% scored by those under 65. ... "In the United States, ... In 2024, a nursing home ...
2008 - 2012 Bachelor's Degree or Higher (5-year estimate) by County (percent) The educational attainment of the U.S. population refers to the highest level of education completed. [2]
The latest quarterly Household Debt and Credit Survey from the New York Fed showed that total U.S. consumer debt was nearly $8 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2024, a record high.
Gallup principal economist Jonathan Rothwell assessed results collected by PIAAC during 2012 - 2017 for a 2020 economic impact analysis [9] commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, [10] surmising that, of the 33 OECD nations surveyed, the U.S. had placed sixteenth for literacy, with about half of Americans surveyed, aged ...