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Fact Sheet No. 45. September 2017. FS/2017/LIT/45. Literacy Rates Continue to Rise from One Generation to the Next The UNESCO Institute for To celebrate International Literacy Day on 8 September, this fact sheet Statistics (UIS) is the official presents the latest available Literacy data from the UNESCO Institute for source of internationally- Statistics (UIS) and an overview of national, regional and global trends over comparable data on the past five decades. education and Literacy used to monitor progress The data show remarkable improvement among youth in terms of reading and towards the Sustainable writing skills and a steady reduction in gender gaps. 50 years ago, almost one- Development Goals. quarter of youth lacked basic Literacy skills compared to less than 10% in 2016. However, 750 million adults two-thirds of whom are women remain illiterate @UNESCO stat (see Box 1 on methodological changes). Renewed efforts are therefore needed to reach the new Literacy target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): by 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve Literacy and numeracy.

Western Asia have made the greatest progress in improving adult literacy over the past 26 years (see Figure 4). In Southern Asia, the adult literacy rate rose from 46% in 1990 to 72% in 2016. For the other regions, the change in adult literacy over the same period was as …

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