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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 ...
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.
Most universities of Karachi are considered to be amongst the premier educational institutions of Pakistan. For 2004–05, the city's literacy rate was estimated at 65.26%, 4th Highest in Pakistan after Lahore, Islamabad & Rawalpindi, [citation needed] with a GER of 111%, highest in Sindh. [13]
Update per difference in UNESCO and CIA: DR of Congo now 75-80; Egypt now 75-80; Guatemala now 75-80; Mexico now 90-95; Morocco now 70-75; Paraguay now 95-100; Seychelles now 95-100; South Sudan now 30-35; Tanzania now 80-85; Uganda now 70-75
According to the map, literacy rate of the United States is over 95%, while in tables, the only piece of data states 86% (rates for the US specifically are incomplete, however). On the other hand, Russia and many eastern Europe countries are shaded in light pink, indicating literacy rates under 95%, which is not what the rates in tables are.
The overall literacy rate of the population older than 10 is 46%, with the overall male literacy rate of 65% much higher than the female rate of 25%. Urban areas have higher rates, with an average 69% (male: 81%, female: 54%), while rural areas have lower rates, with an average 45% (male: 64%, female: 23%). 37% of those older than 15 are literate.
Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition); and the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural ...
Tando Allahyar District (Sindhi: ٽنڊوالهيار ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع ٹنڈو الہ یار) is a district of Hyderabad Division in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. Prior to becoming a separate district, it was part of Hyderabad District until 5 May 2005.