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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 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 ...
Literacy rates as %age of population by States and Union territories State or UT Census 2011 [2] NSO survey (2017) [3]; Average Male Female Average Male Female India 74.04
The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century, and in 1979, the rates were approximately equal. [ 11 ] There has been a notable increase in American citizens' educational attainment since then, but studies have also indicated a decline in reading performance which began during the 1970s. [ 12 ]
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of literates in the age group 15–24. UNESCO updates this data every year. The table below contains the data published for the year 2015 by UNESCO . [1] * indicates "Literacy in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Education in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
The table below shows the adult and youth literacy rates for India and some neighboring countries as complied by UNESCO in 2015. Adult literacy rate is based on the 15+ years age group, while the youth literacy rate is for the 15–24 years age group (i.e. youth is a subset of adults).
The average rate of adult literacy shows steady improvement, and the absolute number of adult illiterates fell from 64 million to around 58 million between 1990 and 2000–2004. Overall, the gender disparity in literacy is high in this region, and of the illiteracy rate, women account for two-thirds, with only 69 literate women for every 100 ...
Mexican States by literacy rate 2020 (minors from 6 to 14 y/o) [1] Mexican States by literacy rate 2020 (people over 15 y/o) [2] Rank State Total Rank State Total - United Mexican States: 89.9% - United Mexican States: 95.0% 1 Federal District: 92.8% 1 Federal District: 98.2% 2= Aguascalientes: 92.1% 2 Nuevo León: 98.1% 2= Mexico State: 92.1% ...
Sociological research has demonstrated that countries with lower levels of functional illiteracy among their adult populations tend to be those with the highest levels of scientific literacy among the lower stratum of young people nearing the end of their formal academic studies. This correspondence suggests that the capacity of schools to ...