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Literacy Rate

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The percentage of the population, age 15 years or older, who has the ability to read, write, and use arithmetic. Some countries, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia do not report these rates to UNESCO.

World Bank

A world map shows literacy rates. Dark purple (more than 98 percent): Russia, Argentina, Poland, Ukraine, and Mongolia. Purple to light purple (70 to 98 percent): China, Brazil, India. Very light purple (less than 70 percent): Countries in central Africa.

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Literacy Rate

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members

Iron Ore Production by Country

Biomes

Class

Rank

Percent

Value

Class

Rank

Thousand metric tons

Boreal forests/taiga

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Mangroves

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Rock and ice

Tundra

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

7.43%100%63.1%21.0%4.15%41.7%93.1%
3.27%4.97%9.44%12.9%43.9%40.8%
60.4%7.22%5.20%2.81%40.6%
2.53%23.5%1.31%22.5%4.06%28.6%6.61%12.9%15.0%15.4%14.8%
53.6%37.2%28.5%8.24%2.02%6.81%
58.4%48.6%9.84%33.0%56.8%9.77%30.1%9.84%
8.84%1.87%2.31%18.4%11.4%2.67%13.1%48.0%30.2%26.1%5.47%49.3%
100%64.0%81.6%18.4%100%35.5%18.8%87.1%
28.5%18.2%1.13%1.00%3.15%29.7%11.0%9.56%12.6%22.5%19.0%13.5%
35.9%10.5%5.61%1.60%3.77%4.09%1.63%31.0%36.6%
2.21%1.32%1.73%2.47%15.8%83.7%
82.0%6.93%20.0%6.94%26.5%6.01%9.99%
34.7%6.20%2.51%8.09%14.4%60.5%14.1%28.0%
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