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Atlas (Beta)Literacy Rate
WorldPopulationSocial / HealthThe 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.
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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Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Value | 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% | |||||||||||||||||