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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.
This is the highest rate of school feeding coverage seen in any region of the world. [ 7 ] In El Salvador, a reform known as the EDUCO (Educación y Cooperación Para el Desarrollo) system has been implemented by the El Salvadorian government with the support of the World Bank and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...
Guyana's literacy was one of the highest in the Caribbean, by estimated literacy rate of 96 per cent in 1990. [72] In a 2014 UNESCO estimate, literacy is 96.7 in the 15–24 year old age group. [73] However, the functional literacy may be only as high as 70%. [74]
The literacy rate of the Puerto Rican population is 93%; when divided by gender, this is distributed as 92.8% for males and 93.8% for females. [6] [failed verification] According to the 2000 Census, 60.0% of the population attained a high school degree or higher level of education, and 18.3% has a bachelor's degree or higher. [7]
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.
Cuba is the largest country by land area in the Caribbean, and its main island is the seventeenth-largest island in the world by land area . Total area ranked 106 out of 249 countries and outlying territories. Renewable water resources ranked 106 out of 174 countries.
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]