Alphabetisierungsrate
(% der Bevölkerung ab 15 Jahren)
Von cedm56
Alphabetisierungsrate
(% der Bevölkerung ab 15 Jahren)
Von cedm56
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Source: [https://atlasocio.com/](https://atlasocio.com/)
In this case, not only Portugal is in East Europe, but also Spain.
Does this account for definition of literacy for each country, many countries have different definitions of literacy some more stricter than others
[I’m not so sure that America has *improved* to the extent that your maps suggest…](https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics)
> 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.
> 21% of adults in the US were illiterate in 2022
> 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level
> 45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level
99% af Americans are not literate, goind to mid-school or being home schooled doesn´t count as being literate, especially when many don´t know what literate means.
Iran’s literacy rates increased 15% every decade from the 1950s when the Pahlavi regime started huge educational reforms, to the early 1980s, when the Islamic regime got rid of them. Literacy rate has stagnated in the upper 80s% for several decades now. Educational spending in Iran was never higher than it was during the Pahlavi era.
Literacy is difficult to show because you can literally extinguish illiteracy for youth but your literacy rate will be very low for a long time.
Also, I’m sorry but in no way I believe that Europe and specially the US have over 99% literacy rates. Amongst the born in the country, yes, I can see a case being made, but those countries have huge immigrant rates that come from countries with low literacy rates.
I’m curious what they’re calling „literate“, because most US adults never got much further than Dick and Jane
I didn’t expect Brazil and Mexico being below 55 in 1950