Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Aruba (Neth.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

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Central Asia

China

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Armenia

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Eurasia

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Bulgaria

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Spain

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Europe

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Belize

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Brazil

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Panama

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Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

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Latin America

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

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Turkey

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Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

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Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

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Kenya

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Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlighting adult female literacy rates by country. Dark blue indicates more than 97 percent such as in Russia and Argentina. Medium blue such as Brazil. Light blue such as Libya. Very light blue such as several African countries and India.

The percentage of women ages 15 and older who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life

Countries

World

World Bank

Adult Female Literacy Rate

Percent

The 2008 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. McCain won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned. Mr. McCain won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to John McCain versus Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election

US Counties

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Grenada

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

St. Lucia

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Barbados

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Martinique (France)

France

French Guiana (France)

Guadeloupe (France)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Predominant Caribbean languages: Spanish (orange) in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. English (yellow) in Jamaica, Bahamas, in smaller islands. French (lavender) in Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. Dutch (mint green) in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten.

Languages of the Caribbean. The displayed areas indicate predominance, not exclusivity.

nature

Caribbean Languages

Adult Female Literacy Rate			Countries	Caribbean Languages
Class	Rank	Percent	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008	Dutch	English	French	Spanish









				11.4%	93.4%	98.7%	99.5%
						9.48%
				99.8%	99.7%	99.4%
				89.2%		89.2%	97.4%