The Rise of Global Literacy Rate Since 1980

The video shows the timelapse of the adult literacy rate by country from 1980 to 2020. The literacy rate is defined by the percentage of the population of a given age group that can read and write. The adult literacy rate corresponds to ages 15 and above.

Source:
UNESCO

[JaytheOlivier]

And yet, my attention span for reading a book has dramatically dropped...

[KilapnF]

Triste lo de Chad, sigue con el mismo color de hace 40 años.
China en cambio, pasó por casi todos los colores hasta llegar al azul.

[Ravie]

Excepting only countries like North Korea, this is pretty much the #1 predictor of economic success right here.

[beratveakifkardesler]

I am happy that the literacy rate of my country is more than 95%

[kypugjj]

Egypt and Morocco by 2022 are yellow 80-85%, not dark yellow 70-80%

[myles_bennett]

Wawamustats, you think we can get a active cases of Covid-19 since January 22, 2020 to July 22, 2022?

[Victor-rmxt]

In Brazil, the north and northeast greatly lowers the country's social indexes.

[kunik]

Why do you keep lying about Pacific nations???

[physicsorca]

It's interesting how Portugal had such a low literacy rate compared to the other European countries.

[omtomic]

Chad decreasing literacy at the end, what was that? :D

[flarest]

Someone noticed Cote d'Ivoire rising to 90-95% in just 7 years?

[Das]

It would be nice if u left the final map a few seconds to be able to see in detail. I always have to stop the videos

[NotyourMap]

Great video once again! It’s astonishing to see how fast these countries develop!

[zymapping]

Philippines Literacy Rate in 1980 and 2020:
From 80-85% after 1980
To +95% in 2020

[fanfanfan]

Africa is the only continent to have all the colours lol

[Naturenerd]

First 26 seconds of the video just pretend like the Soviet Union doesn't exist. 🤷‍♂️

[oo--]

Look at ivory coast, after the war they really improved.

[raihannafis]

The big 4 had 95% + of the population. except india, why?

[هارون-نر]

i hope one day all ppl in the world can read and write and finish their educate ❤❤ love to every one, all ppl have right to educate

[CrazyboyBittigeldi]

Why are you afraid to show that people from the eastern block were the most literate during the 20'th century, instead you say there is no information?