sweden literacy rate

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population , males , and females . There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition – the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook . Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.

A new EU report shows among nearly one-fifth of 15 year-olds in Sweden, the level of literacy is below modern standards, writes newspaper Sydsvenskan.
Sweden’s neighbour Finland has the lowest level of poor literacy in the EU, at 8,1 percent. Bulgaria has the highest level, with 41 percent.

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This chapter focuses on adult literacy in developed countries. The attempt to describe literacy as a fixed inventory of skills that can be assessed outside their context of application is, in reality, an impossible task. In the United States, private agencies have perhaps made their greatest contribution to those who have never learned to read. Basic literacy tutoring and small-group work have enabled those who must start at the very beginning to gain skills and self-confidence to get jobs and enroll in more advanced studies. One reason why research into adult illiteracy in advanced countries has been sparse may be a limited awareness of the problem. Most European countries, for example, the Scandinavian countries, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, have been slow to admit to a problem of adult basic literacy on the scale of the United Kingdom or the United States, except among migrant workers and resident ethnic minorities.
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Among the Asian countries, Georgia has the highest literacy rate whereas East Timor has the lowest literacy rate. Below is the map of Asia, showing the countries by literacy rate along with a table showing the literacy rate of these countries.
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LITERACY RATE IN Sri Lanka
The literacy rate,has dropped in recent years.

The main reasons behind this upward trend stem from the evolution of the educational system in many developing countries and an increased acknowledgment of the importance of education to these societies.
More than 774 million people (age 15 and over) around the world can’t read or write, according to the Global Campaign for Education. However, over the past few decades, global literacy rates have significantly increased.

World Bank, World Development Indicators database
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook
National Center of Education Statistics, National Assessment of Adult Literacy, accessed April 23, 2013
UNESCO, “Progress of Literacy in Various Countries, a Preliminary Statistical Study of Available Census Data since 1900,” (1953), accessed April 22, 2013
UNESCO “World Illiteracy at Mid-Century,” (1957), accessed April 21, 2013
UNESCO, Compendium of statistics on illiteracy, various editions
Literacy rates are based on population surveys which were not conducted on a regular basis and did not cover many developing countries.

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Keywords: financial literacy, pensions, planning

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