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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 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 ...
Trinidad and Tobago is considered one of the most literate countries in the World with a literacy rate exceeding 98%. [2] This exceptionally high literacy rate can be attributed, in part, to free tuition from Kindergarten to University. The education system generally starts at Pre-School at the early age of two and a half years.
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.
UNESCO: Youth Literacy Rate, ranked 6 out of 168 countries [6] UNESCO: Adult Literacy Rate, ranked 7 out of 171 countries [7] UNESCO: Elderly Literacy Rate, ranked 9 out of 168 countries [8] World bank: Quality of education, ranked 1 out of 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries [9]
The literacy rate in Barbados for youth and adults are both above 99%, only falling to 98.5 among the elderly. The literacy gender parity rate is 1.0. This information is for 2014. Starting in 2000, the government initiated the Education Sector Enhancement Programme, usually referred to as EduTech 2000.
The literacy rate in Costa Rica is 97.9%. [4] It is 2 points over the average for Latin American and Caribbean countries. [5] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [6] finds that Costa Rica is fulfilling only 87.4% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [7]
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In Bangladesh, students attend primary schools for six years. Primary/secondary education in Bangladesh is segregated as Primary (Pre school 1 Year + Class 1 -5), Junior High School (Class 6 - Class-10) and Higher Secondary or intermediate (11th and 12th Class) are as follows : Preschool: 5 years.-6 years. (optional) Class 1: 6-7; Class 2: 7-8