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List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005[1]. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 378 pixelsFull resolution (1356 × 640 pixel, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/png) Literacy Percentages all through-out the world Porcentajes de escolarización por paÃs. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 378 pixelsFull resolution (1356 × 640 pixel, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/png) Literacy Percentages all through-out the world Porcentajes de escolarización por paÃs. ... The World Factbook 2007 (government edition) cover. ... This article is about the ability to read and write. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ...
Area ·Coastline ·Highest point ·Lowest point ·Compactness ·Coast/area ratio ·Northernmost point ·Southernmost point ·Continent This article is about the ability to read and write. ... International Literacy Day 2006 UNESCO poster September 8 was proclaimed the International Literacy Day by UNESCO in November 17, 1965. ... Literacy is an indispensable means for effective social and economic participation, contributing to human development and poverty reduction, says UNESCO. [3] The Right to Education is a fundamental human right. ... A country is a geographical territory, both in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) and state (a political entity). ... Countries by area. ... Countries by highest point This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level. ... This is a list of countries by lowest point on land above Sea Level. ... This is a list of countries by compactness. ... This is a list of countries by coast/area ratio. ... This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. ... This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. ... This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. ...
Population (graphical • by density) ·Population growth rate ·Life expectancy ·Infant mortality rate ·Fertility rate ·Birth rate ·Death rate ·List of countries by sex ratio ·Homicide rate ·Human Development Index ·Income equality ·Literacy rate ·HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate ·Unemployment rate ·Employment rate ·Population living in poverty ·Poverty Index ·Immigrant population ·Suicide rate ·Undernourishment rate ·Firearm-related death rate ·Gun ownership Demographics refers to selected population characteristics as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research. ... This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. ... Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ... [[Image:Population other political entities by population growth rate, with estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook. ... This article is under construction. ... This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ... Map of countries and territories by fertility rate Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. ... This is a list of countries by birth rate, based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005. ... Death rate by country This is a list of countries and territories by death rate, based on The World Factbook, as of September 2006. ... Sex ratio by country for total population. ... List of countries by homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. ... Coloured world map indicating Human Development Index (2006) (colour-blind compliant map) This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report 2006, compiled on the basis of 2004 data. ... World map of the Gini coefficient This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in ascending order according to their Gini coefficient. ... People living with HIV/AIDS by country The adult HIV prevalence at the end of 2004 This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS and the prevalence rate among adults, based on data from various sources, such as the The CIA World Factbook [1... Map of world unemployment rates based on CIA Factbook data This is a list of countries by unemployment rate. ... This is a list of countries by employment rate (the proportion of working age adults employed). ... Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population below national poverty line. ... The Human Poverty Index is an indication of the standard of living in a country, developed by the United Nations (UN). ... This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. ... The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a countrys rank is determined by its total rate of suicides. ... Map of world undernourishment levels by country. ... This is a list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year. ... This is a list of countries by percentage of households owning firearms. ...
Current account balance ·Foreign exchange reserves ·Imports ·Number of internet users ·Number of telephone lines ·Exports (per capita) ·Debt (External,Public) ·Consumption (Electricity, Natural gas, Electricity Intensity) ·Production (Natural gas production by country, Natural gas proven reserves, Oil proven reserves, Automobile production, Steel production, Aluminium production) Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. ... Reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006 Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. ... This is a list of countries by number of internet users mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by exports per capita. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank Money supply Fiscal policy Spending Deficit Debt Trade policy Tariff Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate Personal Public Banking Regulation Government debt (also known as public debt or national debt) is... Map of countries by external debt based on 2005 CIA factbook figures This is a list of countries by gross (i. ... Map of countries by public debt This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of gross domestic product, based on The World Factbook. ... In economics, consumption refers to the final use of goods and services to provide utility. ... Countries by electricity consumption This is a list of countries by electricity consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in March 2006. ... This is a list of countries by natural gas consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in June 2006. ... The countries with the highest GDP has different ELectricity Intensity. ... This is a list of countries by natural gas production mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007 . ... This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by oil proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by automobile production in 2006 mostly based on OICA accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by steel production in 2006 mostly based on International Iron and Steel Institute accessed in September 2007. ... This is a list of countries by aluminium production in 2006 mostly based on Altech accessed in September 2007. ...
Nominal (per capita) ·PPP (per capita • per capita per hour) Past (nominal • PPP) ·Future (nominal • PPP • PPP per capita) ·Growth (real • per capita) Sector composition ·Demographics comparison Countries by nominal GDP. Source: IMF (2005) This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ... Map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita for the year 2006. ... There are three lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) (the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year). ... This article includes two lists of countries of the world[1] sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year divided by the average population for the same year. ... This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (PPP converted) per hour. ... Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past. ... This is a list of the countries of the world in order of Gross domestic product (GDP), based on exchange rates, not on purchasing power parity. ... These are lists of regions and countries sorted by their estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country/region in a given year. ... Econometrics is concerned with the tasks of developing and applying quantitative or statistical methods to the study and elucidation of economic principles. ... This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ... The list below is of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ... The list below is of countries of the world by their gross domestic product per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation per capita, within a given year. ... World GDP/capita changed very little for most of human history before the industrial revolution. ... This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (real) growth rate, the increase in value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year -- not taking into account Purchasing power parity and taking into account the inflation. ... This is a list of countries by GDP (real) growth rate per capita. ... Map of countries by agricultural output Map of countries by industrial output Map of countries by services output This is a list of countries by GDP sector composition based on nominal GDP estimates and sector composition ratios provided by the CIA World Fact Book at market or government official exchange... This is a sortable list of countries, territories and other political entities by GDP and various growth rate. ...
Heads of state and government ·Political rights and civil liberties ·Press freedom ·Privacy ·Perception of corruption ·Bribe paying ·Property rights ·Economic freedom ·Democracy ·Globalization ·Ease of doing business ·Economic competitiveness ·Date of formation ·Legal drinking age ·School leaving age ·Abortion law ·Homosexuality laws ·Death penalty ·Quality-of-life ·E-readiness ·Failed States index ·Travel Freedom ·Student Performance · For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Society (disambiguation). ... This is a list of current heads of state and government, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. ... Map reflecting the findings of Freedom Houses 2007 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2006, which is widely used by researchers and correlates highly with other measures of democracy[1]. Some of these estimates are disputed. ... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ... Privacy International (PI) has been instrumental in establishing the modern international privacy movement. ... Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2006 Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[1] ordering the countries of the world according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.[2] The organization defines corruption as... Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation appears to comply with demands for corrupt business practices. ... International Property Rights Index is an organization that investigate and ranks the individuals rights and ability to own property in countries worldwide. ... Globalization Index is a list of countries by A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine according to Globalization criteria. ... World map of the Ease of Doing Business Index. ... World map of the 2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index. ... Below is a list of countries in alphabetical order listing their dates of formation. ... The legal drinking age is a limit assigned by governments to restrict the access of children and youth to alcoholic beverages. ... The school leaving age states the minimum age which a person is legally allowed to leave compulsory education. ... International status of abortion law Legal on demand Legal for rape, maternal life, health, mental health, socioecomic factors, and/or fetal defects Legal for or illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, fetal defects, and/or mental health Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, and/or mental... World laws on homosexuality Legality of same-sex unions in the US. Legality of same-sex unions in Europe. ... At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. ... The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality of life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective life-satisfaction surveys to the objective determinants of quality of life across countries. ... e-Readiness is the ability to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop ones economy and to foster ones welfare. ... For Noam Chomskys 2006 book, see Failed States (book). ... The Henley Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to travel freedom their citizens enjoy. ... The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial world-wide test of 15-year-old schoolchildrens scholastic performance, the implementation of which is coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ...
Military expenditures ·Number of active troops ·Possession of nuclear weapons ·UN peacekeepers currently deployed ·Global Peace Index Military spending in 2005 Military spending This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. ... Number of active troops per country This is a list of countries sorted by the total number of active troops where the military manpower of a country is measured by the total amount of active troops within the command of that country. ... Nations that are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons are sometimes referred to as the nuclear club. ... UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... World map of the Global Peace Index The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. ...
Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) ·Greenhouse gas emissions per capita ·GDP per emissions ·Sustainability ·Environmental Performance ·Happy Planet Index This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here CO2 emission per capita per year per country This is a list of countriesafsdafdasfsdfsfsdfafsafsdafsadfs by carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 1990 through 2003. ... This is a list of countries ranked by greenhouse-gas emissions per capita in 2000. ... This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. ... The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a composite index tracking 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, contributions to protection of the global commons, and a societys capacity to improve its environmental performance over time. ... Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a method of quantifying and numerically scaling the environmental performance of a set of companies or countries. ... // The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact, introduced by the new economics foundation (nef), in July 2006. ...
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The history of literacy goes back several thousand years, but before the industrial revolution finally made cheap paper and cheap books available to all classes in industrialized countries, in the mid-nineteenth century, only a small percentage of the population in these countires were literate.
In New England, the literacyrate was over 50 percent during the first half of the 17th century, and it rose to 70 percent by 1710.
Some have suggested that the lower the illiteracy rate of a country, generally the longer the life span, although critics have argued that this is a Post hoc fallacy.
The history of literacy goes back several thousand years, but before the industrial revolution finally made cheap paper and cheap books available to all classes in industrialized countries in the mid-nineteenth century, only a small percentage of the population in these countries were literate.
In New England, the literacyrate was over 50 percent during the first half of the 17th century, and it rose to 70 percent by 1710.
Instead, they posit that literacy is determined by the cultural, political, and historical contexts of the community in which it is used, drawing on academic disciplines including cultural anthropology and linguistic anthropology to make the case.
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