2007-02-21 03:15:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I would imagine this figure to be very low for a so called civilised world, maybe 60%
2007-02-21 03:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by ROBSTER 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judging by a lot of the entries in Yahoo! Answers, not many!
More seriously, CIA World Fact Book says:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
Fact Book provides country by country breakdown at web address listed below.
2007-02-21 13:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by derbydolphin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question - I reckon there are far more illiterate people but would not like to hazard guess to the actual number! I don't know if anyone can accurately estimate it anyway
2007-02-21 11:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't think there would be many
2007-02-21 11:22:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋