Education > Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > Female: Countries Compared
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Percentage of adult females who have at least a moderate level of literacy, in selected OECD countries. Data for 1998.
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Interesting observations about Education > Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > Female
- All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Former British Colonies'.
- All of the top 3 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Christian.
- All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Heavily indebted.
- All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Cold countries'.
- All of the bottom 12 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are High income OECD.
- United Kingdom ranked last for literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1998.
- United States ranked first for literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female amongst English speaking countries in 1998.
- All of the bottom 10 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are European.
- 3 of the top 4 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Sparsely populated.
- 11 of the bottom 14 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are European Union.