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Education Outcomes: Learning
Learning outcomes
Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Country Region Income level Female Female
Afghanistan South Asia Low income 22.60 41.59
Algeria Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 75.32 97.25
Angola Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 62.50 -
Bangladesh South Asia Lower middle income 72.00 95.86
Benin Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 36.40 51.94
Bhutan South Asia Lower middle income 63.90 -
Bolivia, Plurinational State of Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income 90.50 99.53
Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 29.12 54.45
Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 69.44 -
Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 87.61 -
Cambodia East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 79.65 -
Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 73.12 82.41
Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 26.20 28.71
Chad Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 18.87 -
Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 56.87 78.30
Congo Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 75.37 78.74
Côte d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 86.74 76.41
Democratic People's Republic of Korea East Asia & Pacific Low income 100.00 -
Democratic Republic of the Congo Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 71.73 -
Djibouti Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income - -
Egypt Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 68.95 -
Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 68.95 92.71
Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 89.47 96.70
Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 44.42 -
Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 52.25 -
Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 76.19 92.21
Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 31.27 43.47
Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 41.00 -
Haiti Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income 58.30 -
Honduras Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income 88.73 97.29
India South Asia Lower middle income 69.10 90.17
Iran Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income - -
Jordan Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 98.13 99.49
Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 80.27 88.08
Kiribati East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - -
Kyrgyzstan Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 99.50 99.81
Lao People's Democratic Republic East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 83.37 -
Lebanon Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 93.61 99.84
Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 89.76 -
Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 34.09 -
Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 76.03 79.18
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 65.09 -
Mali Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 22.08 38.45
Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 62.17 -
Micronesia, Federated States of East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - -
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 99.24 99.23
Morocco Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 69.08 97.40
Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 48.57 -
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 86.27 95.55
Nepal South Asia Lower middle income 63.33 90.88
Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income 82.78 -
Niger Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 29.70 35.56
Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 52.66 68.26
Pakistan South Asia Lower middle income 46.49 65.19
Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - -
Philippines East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 96.85 98.89
Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 73.30 88.50
Samoa East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 99.30 99.44
Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 91.07 97.85
Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 47.08 -
Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 41.31 62.70
Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - -
Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 28.01 -
South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 28.86 47.37
Sri Lanka South Asia Lower middle income 91.64 99.12
Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 56.06 73.49
Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa Low income 80.90 -
Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income - -
Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 66.50 84.65
Togo Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 55.05 84.01
Tunisia Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income 77.88 -
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 76.53 89.95
Ukraine Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 100.00 -
United Republic of Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 78.70 -
Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income 100.00 100.00
Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 88.40 96.60
Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 94.57 98.54
Yemen Middle East & North Africa Low income - -
Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 84.30 91.63
Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 91.20 -