allison
22nd April 2012 |
im doing a report on madagasCAR did not help really people |
vikram roy
25th November 2011 |
i am looking for a chart of world literacy, in which it shows around the globe how much people are educated and how much are illiterate .... not individual country data will be there... just a simple chart of total world literate and illiterate ratio among the total adult population exists in the world.... if you can help me providing an image and data... it will be very helpful.... thanks...
please feel free to send me the the data in my email... its theindiancrusoe@facebook.com |
dick robinson
1st November 2011 |
It would be nice if the site gave citations |
GetaClue
20th August 2011 |
This is what countries report. It's is bogus!!
This is what a country will report, come on you believe China's population
has a literacy of 91.6 %. Hundreds of millions of people live in the back country, working the mines and rice fields, completely oblivious to any city learning. Most ALL of these countries report false numbers fro one reason or another.
Does anyone here really believe Georgia has 100% literacy in that country. |
vcon
4th January 2011 |
POj ev |
Dana
4th December 2010 |
Stop being so critical of this data, it's from the World Fact Book and it is correct in a sense. As stated in the article, literacy doesn't have a universal definition and if you study individual states and countries, especially industrialized ones, they often have a higher literacy rate reported for worldwide statistics than they do at home. That is because functional literacy is taken into account on a national basis. Just about anyone can read "See Spot Run" but not everyone can read an instruction manual or documents required for day to day life. In reporting internationally, if you can handle see spot run, you're literate.
Before criticizing data perhaps it would be best to understand its origins. |
Doulajou
21st October 2010 |
It seems to me that almost all of the Americans, and a lot of British who comment on these almost always assume that the figures for their country must in reality be much higher, and the Canadians and Australians always assume that for their country, the figures must in fact be much lower. There has to be something psychological in that. Either way, you wouldn't really know, and this isn't exactly scientific so take it for what it is. Like in America and the U.K., there has to be this perpetual sense of "crisis" and in Canada and Australia, there has to be this perpetual sense of "everything's ok", when that's not necessarily the case on either side. Also I noticed that western countries like to lampoon each other in regard to these stats, especially against the U.S. like its just so terrible, while ignoring the rest of the world, like they're the center of everything. Crybabies, the west still has it better than everyone else!! |
nashirkertosono
25th September 2010 |
Indonesia,the best....... |
TrueSalarian
9th August 2010 |
This website offers simplified data derived from the World Values Survey. For more detailed/accurate information go to www.worldvaluessurvey.org. If you are dissatisfied with this wesite's data, look around in there & you may find what your'e looking for. The WVS is more accurate than many other sources from which you would receive information. They actually do surveys & give contextual data, such as a comparison of literacy rate over a period of time. |
Luvagoo
11th June 2010 |
I just wanted the Australian figures - I have France's from a good source and they sure as hell aren't 99%. |
Michael S.
6th June 2010 |
Numbers can tell whatever story you want them to tell, comparing one statistic to another isnt valid unless you know how they were measuring them. Total Pop. Literacy can be measured in a variety of ways. Here i believe they measure it as those above the age of 15 who can read or write, others may measure it at age 10 or use another method. It is also important to note that universal education does not mean universal literacy. |
fish
20th May 2010 |
I don't believe that 10 countries could be beating Australia. Where did you get your figures from ? Or did you make them up? |
kiera
14th May 2010 |
south amarica is not on there |
Tianna
18th February 2010 |
I am doing a report on Poland and this site did not help at all. |
B. Cooley
21st December 2009 |
These are not accurate, they can't be. In my State alone there is a 15% illiteracy rate as of just a few years ago, that's not even to compound the states around mine. The US does not have a 99% literacy. |
Derek McLaren
5th May 2009 |
Try putting info on it not just the ranks im doing a project and this site did not do me much good so thanks for the Help |
bellatrix ashley evangelista (italy)
25th May 2008 |
i don't think any country can actually have the literacy rate
of a full 100.i suppose ME has appoint .what country has people who can all read and write?those places are pretty literate though. |
me (usa)
23rd March 2007 |
I doubt that ANY country in the world has a perfect literacy rate of 100%. No offence to countries who have a literacy rate of 100%, though. |
Will
16th January 2007 |
Well, unless it has changed recently, the United States is placed as rank #34, with 99 percent, the same as many other nations. This seems strange to me though, are there smaller decimal differences not shown, or is the ranking of tied countries just arbitray?
Also, it seems peculiar that so many countries have whole number percentages as opposed to decimals, instead of an equal range. This seems to indicate a bizarre and improbable set of coincedences, or that countries are being rated at a different standard. Just wondering for clarification- |
EMPOWERMENT (URUGUAY)
14th December 2006 |
My belief is... literacy must be measured by ones ability to communicate, read, comprehend, and write in a language that is NOT their native language. NationMasters... while the data on your Website is invaluable and precious... PLEASE include a section measuring literacy based on the mean people able to communicate in ANY foreign language. This is the measurement of mordern day literacy. |
another math teacher (wayne county)
3rd July 2006 |
Excuse me, but rank number 68 clearly says "United States" at 97%. So why do you say the U.S. is not listed? |
Jen
12th May 2006 |
population should also be considered because the larger the population, the harder it gets to have a 100% literacy rate. |
leeli
19th December 2005 |
how can 82.5% of the world be literate? just think of the number of people in Africa and Asia alone! by the way i had to assume the numbers were percentages as it is not indicated. |
Adam
12th December 2005 |
I hardly think that they can defiantly say 100% are literate. It would most likely be 99.9999 etc, but never 100. |
Shelley Janetzki
28th August 2005 |
Is there any difference between the six countries that are the most literate? |
C. Reis
17th June 2005 |
It is with regret that United States is not on the list. This may help explain why half the nation voted for Bush.
Kudos to those nations who value having an educated society!
c. reis
A Detroit, MI teacher |
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