Literacy: a matter of Value and Priorities
Who can read, write, figure; and identify, understand, interpret, create, and communicate in an increasingly digital, text-mediated, information-rich and rapidly changing world?
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NESCO 2013, 2015
Literacy rate varies throughout the world with developed nations having
a rate of 99.2 percent (2013)
- Global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above: 86.3 percent.
- Global literacy rate for all males: 90.0 percent
- Global literacy rate for all females: 82.7 percent
South Asians, West Asians and sub-Saharan Africans (women representing
almost two-thirds): 75+ percent of world’s 781 million illiterate adults
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NESCO report 2015 (Iran)
- Youth (15 to 24) 86.8 percent
- Adult (15+) 91.2 percent
- Elderly (65+) 82.5 percent
- Youth Gender Parity Index 8.7 percent
Some Key countries not included in UNESCO 2015 report
- Belgium
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
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ORLD ATLAS Literacy Rate by Country
Leading Literacy Countries at 100 percent
- Andorra, Luxembourg, Norway, Liechtenstein (complete literacy)
- Azerbaijan, Cuba, Georgia, Tajikistan, Russia, Poland, and Slovenia (complete or close to complete literacy)
- Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan (close to complete literacy)
Literacy rates correspond with educational priorities and budgetary apportionment to the education sector. Countries with the highest literacy have been found to employ “proactive public instruction policies and emphasize educational spending within government budgets.”
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ull list
1 Andorra 100.0 percent
2 Finland 100.0 percent
3 Holy See 100.0 percent
4 Liechtenstein 100.0 percent
5 Luxembourg 100.0 percent
6 Norway 100.0 percent
7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100.0 percent
8 Latvia 100.0 percent
9 Estonia 100.0 percent
10 Lithuania 100.0 percent
11 Azerbaijan 100.0 percent
12 Poland 100.0 percent
13 Cuba 100.0 percent
14 Tajikistan 100.0 percent
15 Georgia 100.0 percent
16 Armenia 100.0 percent
17 Ukraine 100.0 percent
18 Kazakhstan 100.0 percent
19 Slovenia 100.0 percent
20 Barbados 100.0 percent
21 Russian Federation 100.0 percent
22 Turkmenistan 100.0 percent
23 Belarus 100.0 percent
24 Slovakia 100.0 percent
25 Palau 100.0 percent
26 Uzbekistan 100.0 percent
27 Tonga 99.0 percent
28 Kyrgyzstan 99.0 percent
29 Republic of Moldova 99.0 percent
30 Croatia 99.0 percent
31 Italy 99.0 percent
32 Hungary 99.0 percent
33 Australia 99.0 percent
34 Belgium 99.0 percent
35 Canada 99.0 percent
36 Czech Republic 99.0 percent
37 Denmark 99.0 percent
38 France 99.0 percent
39 Germany 99.0 percent
40 Iceland 99.0 percent
41 Ireland 99.0 percent
42 Japan 99.0 percent
43 Monaco 99.0 percent
44 Netherlands 99.0 percent
45 New Zealand 99.0 percent
46 Sweden 99.0 percent
47 Switzerland 99.0 percent
48 Tuvalu 99.0 percent
49 United Kingdom 99.0 percent
50 Samoa 99.0 percent
51 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0 percent
52 Trinidad and Tobago 99.0 percent
53 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99.0 percent
54 Cyprus 99.0 percent
55 Romania 99.0 percent
56 Montenegro 98.0 percent
57 Maldives 98.0 percent
58 Bulgaria 98.0 percent
59 Marshall Islands 98.0 percent
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.0 percent
61 Mongolia 98.0 percent
62 Uruguay 98.0 percent
63 Austria 98.0 percent
64 Argentina 98.0 percent
65 Serbia 98.0 percent
66 Republic of Korea 98.0 percent
67 Grenada 98.0 percent
68 Israel 98.0 percent
69 Spain 98.0 percent
70 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 98.0 percent
71 Greece 97.0 percent
72 Costa Rica 97.0 percent
73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.0 percent
74 Albania 97.0 percent
75 Chile 97.0 percent
76 Thailand 96.0 percent
77 Qatar 96.0 percent
78 Brunei Darussalam 96.0 percent
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.0 percent
80 San Marino 96.0 percent
81 Singapore 96.0 percent
82 Kuwait 96.0 percent
83 Bahamas 96.0 percent
84 Philippines 95.0 percent
85 Nauru 95.0 percent
86 China 95.0 percent
87 Cook Islands 95.0 percent
88 State of Palestine 95.0 percent
89 Equatorial Guinea 95.0 percent
90 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 95.0 percent
91 Suriname 95.0 percent
92 Bahrain 95.0 percent
93 Portugal 94.0 percent
94 Saudi Arabia 94.0 percent
95 Panama 94.0 percent
96 Seychelles 94.0 percent
97 Paraguay 94.0 percent
98 Peru 94.0 percent
99 Fiji 94.0 percent
100 Viet Nam 94.0 percent
101 Colombia 93.0 percent
102 Malta 93.0 percent
103 Malaysia 93.0 percent
104 Mexico 93.0 percent
105 South Africa 93.0 percent
106 Indonesia 93.0 percent
107 Myanmar 93.0 percent
108 Turkey 93.0 percent
109 Jordan 93.0 percent
110 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 92.0 percent
111 Ecuador 92.0 percent
112 Dominica 92.0 percent
113 Sri Lanka 91.0 percent
114 Brazil 90.0 percent
115 Libya 90.0 percent
116 United Arab Emirates 90.0 percent
117 Lebanon 90.0 percent
118 Dominican Republic 90.0 percent
119 Saint Lucia 90.0 percent
120 Mauritius 89.0 percent
121 Jamaica 88.0 percent
122 Botswana 87.0 percent
123 Burundi 87.0 percent
124 Oman 87.0 percent
125 United States 86.0 percent
126 Syrian Arab Republic 86.0 percent
127 Cabo Verde 85.0 percent
128 Guyana 85.0 percent
129 Honduras 85.0 percent
130 El Salvador 84.0 percent
131 Vanuatu 84.0 percent
132 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
84.0 percent
133 Zimbabwe 84.0 percent
134 Swaziland 83.0 percent
135 Belize 83.0 percent
136 Gabon 82.0 percent
137 Congo 79.0 percent
138 Iraq 79.0 percent
139 Tunisia 79.0 percent
140 Guatemala 78.0 percent
141 Nicaragua 78.0 percent
142 Solomon Islands 77.0 percent
143 Comoros 77.0 percent
144 Namibia 76.0 percent
145 Lesotho 76.0 percent
146 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75.0 percent
147 Sudan 74.0 percent
148 Cambodia 74.0 percent
149 Uganda 73.0 percent
150 Lao People's Democratic Republic 73.0 percent
151 Algeria 73.0 percent
152 Kenya 72.0 percent
153 Egypt 72.0 percent
154 Eritrea 72.0 percent
155 Ghana 71.0 percent
156 Cameroon 71.0 percent
157 Angola 71.0 percent
158 Sao Tome and Principe 70.0 percent
159 India 69.0 percent
160 United Republic of Tanzania 68.0 percent
161 Yemen 68.0 percent
162 Morocco 67.0 percent
163 Rwanda 66.0 percent
164 Madagascar 64.0 percent
165 Papua New Guinea 63.0 percent
166 Zambia 61.0 percent
167 Malawi 61.0 percent
168 Togo 60.0 percent
169 Bangladesh 60.0 percent
170 Nepal 60.0 percent
171 Timor-Leste 58.0 percent
172 Guinea-Bissau 58.0 percent
173 Pakistan 55.0 percent
174 Gambia 53.0 percent
175 Bhutan 53.0 percent
176 Senegal 52.0 percent
177 Nigeria 51.0 percent
178 Mozambique 51.0 percent
179 Haiti 49.0 percent
180 Sierra Leone 46.0 percent
181 Mauritania 46.0 percent
182 Liberia 43.0 percent
183 Côte d'Ivoire 41.0 percent
184 Somalia 39.0 percent
185 Ethiopia 39.0 percent
186 Chad 38.0 percent
187 Central African Republic 37.0 percent
188 Afghanistan 32.0 percent
189 Mali 31.0 percent
190 Burkina Faso 29.0 percent
191 Benin 29.0 percent
192 South Sudan 27.0 percent
193 Guinea 25.0 percent
194 Niger 15.0 percent
195 Djibouti NA
196 Kiribati NA
197 Niue NA
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ran over 5 years (2017)
- Literacy rate up 2.85 percent (compared with 2011 census data)
- Literacy rate compared with population: 87.6 percent ages 6+ (March 2017 Statistical Center of Iran)
- “Iranian students shine at international Olympiads and Iran advances in scientific publications and research output worldwide”
Sources
Wikipedia
List of Countries by Literacy
Rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate
World Atlas List of Countries by
Literacy Rate https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-highest-literacy-rates-in-the-world.html
Tehran Times “TEHRAN — Literacy
rate in Iran has increased by 2.85 percent between 2011 and 2016, director of
the Literacy Movement Organization said” November 16, 2017 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/418560/Literacy-rate-up-2-85-in-Iran-over-5-years
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