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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 ...
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.
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.
The countries of the region show wide differences in their averages and gaps in completion rates, especially at the secondary level. While on average 55% of youth in the region complete the first cycle of secondary education, in countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua this estimation falls to 30%. In Chile, it approaches 80%.
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]
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]
Rank Country Human Development Index (HDI) Region World HDI value Change in HDI value 2019–22* Average annual growth (2010–2021) [2] 2022 2021
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.