YOGYAKARTA - According to data compiled by Our World in Data and the World Bank, the literacy rate for the world's low population since high school age and beyond is only 12 percent in 1820-about one in ten people.
In 1900, it still slightly exceeded 20 percent. Since the 1950s, world character has started to increase, reaching 42 percent in 1960 and 70 percent in 1983. Currently, the global literacy rate has reached 87 percent, or nearly nine out of ten people worldwide. Then which countries with low literacy levels?
However, as our graph shows, strong regional inequality remains. The 99 percent literacy rate has been achieved in most developed countries, across Europe and previous CIS countries as well as in Argentina and Uruguay. But developing countries, especially emerging markets, have caught up. In 2018, Brazil's literacy reached 93 percent, compared to 97 percent in China and 74 percent in India.
Overall, South Asia is still a bit lagging behind, also with an overall literacy rate of 74 percent, comparable to the World Arab by 73 percent or the Middle East and North Africa by 80 percent.
East Asia and the Pacific as well as Latin America and the Caribbean far better off with a literacy rate of 96 percent and 94 percent, respectively.
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa still have the worst literacy rates in the world. In some places, literacy has even fallen recently due to conflicts that disrupt school education.
In Mali, the already low number of literates from 35 percent in 2020 fell to just 31 percent in 2021. This is one of the lowest figures in the world along with South Sudan (35 percent) and Afghanistan (37 percent), while data for Chad has not been available in recent years. The overall literacy rate of Sub-Sahara Africa reached 66 percent by 2022.
Especially in areas with low literacy rates, it is women who are first excluded from this basic education. Meanwhile, in 2022, 90 percent of men in the world over the age of 15 can read, this only happens to 87 percent of women. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the gap is even greater, namely 72 percent of men and only 59 percent of women.
What are the 10 most illiteracy countries?
Low Literacy
Men
Women
1. Nigeria
80.9
72.7
89.0
2. South Sudan
73.2
65.2
80.8
3. Guinea
69.6
61.9
77.2
4. Burkina Faso
64.0
57.0
70.7
5. Central African Republic
63.2
49.3
75.6
6. Afghanistan
61.8
48.0
75.8
7. Benin
61.6
50.1
72.7
8. Mali
61.3
51.8
70.8
9. Chad
59.8
51.5
68.1
10. Ivory Coast
56.9
46.9
67.5
What country is number 1 in literacy?
Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a 99.83 percent literate level. In the Czech Republic, schools are not funded by the state until elementary school.
What city has the lowest literacy rate?
Followed by the city of Kochi in Kerala with a literacy rate of 97.49 percent. India's city with the lowest literacy rate was Rampur. Rampur is located in Uttar Pradesh and shows a 60.74 percent literacy rate.
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