UN / Human Development Report 2009 Illiteracy
UN / Human Development Report 2009 Illiteracy
100-97 / 97-90 / 90-80 / 80-70 %
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70-60 / 60-50 / 50-40 / 40-0 %
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% literate
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What does the illiteracy look like?
% literate
The following pages are illustrating the literacy level in the selected countries around the world. The visualization is generated according to UN Human Development Report 2009. Literacy is not only the ability to read, but also to understand. Try to feel on your own, how does the information disappear in randomness. The names of the states are turned in little puzzles.
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69.9
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67.4
9
99.0
10
88.8
11
47.5
12
75.1
13
34.7
14
47.0
15
90.7
16
90.0
17
23.6
18
59.3
19
99.0
20
25.7
21
96.5
22
93.3
23
67.2
24
99.8
25
71.4
26
35.9
27
99.0
28
94.4
29
84.0
30
42.5
31
57.9
32
29.5
33
54.8
34
80.0
35
66.0
36
82.4
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97.1
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79.9
39
99.0
40
91.1
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73.6
42
94.5
43
89.6
44
82.2
45
84.2
46
64.1
47
24.0
48
92.8
49
97.3
50
52.3
51
85.0
52
48.6
53
28.7
54
69.1
55
81.4
56
49.9
57
94.6
58
89.7
59
94.9
60
93.1
61
99.0
62
64.9
63
98.7
64
39.3
65
96.4
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60.9
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80.8
68
53.2
69
74.3
70
88.7
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66.8
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99.0
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90.3
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54.1
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Human Development Report 2009 %
Country
100 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.3 99.2 99.2 99 99 99 99
Georgia Cuba (p. 23) Estonia Latvia Barbados Slovenia Belarus Lithuania Ukraine Kazakhstan Tajikistan Armenia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Russia (p. 60) Hungary Kyrgyzstan Poland Moldova Tonga Albania Antigua and Barbuda Australia (p. 8) Austria
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99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 98.9 98.7 98.7 98.7 98.3 97.9
Belgium Canada (p. 18) Czech Republic North Korea Denmark Finland France Germany Guyana Iceland Ireland Japan (p. 38) South Korea Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States (p. 71) Italy Samoa (p. 62) Trinidad and Tobago Croatia Bulgaria Spain
97.9 97.8 97.7 97.6 97.6 97.3 97.1 97.1 97 97 96.9 96.7 96.5 96.4 96 95.9 95.8 95.2 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.6 94.5 94.4 94.4 94.1 93.8
Uruguay Saint Kitts and Nevis Cyprus Romania Argentina Mongolia (p. 48) Israel (p. 36) Greece Maldives Macedonia Uzbekistan Bosnia and Herzegovina Chile (p. 20) Serbia (p. 64) Grenada Costa Rica Bahamas Venezuela Brunei Darussalam Portugal (p. 58) Saint Lucia Hong Kong Paraguay (p. 56) Kuwait (p. 41) Singapore Fiji (p. 27) Thailand Palestinian Authority
93.4 93.4 93.3 93.1 92.8 92.7 92.4 92 91.9 91.8 91.2 91.1 91 90.8 90.7 90.4 90.3 90 90 89.9 89.7 89.6 89.1 88.7 88.1 88 87 88.8
Panama Philippines China (p. 21) Qatar (p. 59) Mexico (p. 47) Colombia Malta Indonesia Malaysia Seychelles Zimbabwe Jordan (p. 39) Ecuador Sri Lanka Bolivia (p. 14) Suriname Vietnam (p. 72) United Arab Emirates Brazil (p. 15) Myanmar Peru (p. 57) Lebanon (p. 42) Dominican Republic Turkey (p. 69) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Dominica Equatorial Guinea Bahrain (p. 8) 77
85 84.9 84.7 84.3 84.2 84 82.9 82.4 82.4 82.2 81.4 81.2 81.2 80.8 80.5 80 79.9 79.6 76.7 76.6 75.1 74.3 74 73.6 73.6 71.4 70.7 70.3 78
Namibia (p. 50) Sao Tome and Principe Republic of the Congo Mauritius Libya (p. 44) Gabon (p. 28) Saudi Arabia Iran (p. 35) South Africa Lesotho (p. 43) Oman (p. 54) Botswana Cape Verde Syria (p. 66) El Salvador Honduras (p. 33) Jamaica (p. 37) Swaziland Nicaragua Solomon Islands Belize (p. 11) Tunisia (p. 68) Vanuatu Cambodia Kenya (p. 40) Egypt (p. 24) Madagascar Djibouti
69.9 69.4 69.1 69.1 68.7 68 67.9 67.4 67.2 66.8 64.9 64.1 66 60.9 60.5 59.3 57.9 57.3 56.8 54.8 54.1 53.2 52.3 51.2 50.1 49.9 48.7 48.6
Algeria (p. 6) Tanzania Guatemala Nigeria (p. 53) Laos Zambia Cameroon Angola (p. 7) Congo (p. 22) Uganda (p. 70) Rwanda (p. 61) Malawi (p. 45) India (p. 34) Sudan (p. 65) Eritrea Burundi (p. 17) Ghana (p. 30) Papua New Guinea Comoros Haiti (p. 32) Yemen (p. 73) Togo (p. 67) Morocco (p. 49) Mauritania Timor-Leste Pakistan (p. 55) Côte d’Ivoire Central African Republic
48.6 47.5 47 44.8 42.5 39.3 38.7 35.9 34.8 34.7 29.5 28.7 25.7 24 23.6
Nepal (p. 51) Bangladesh (p. 10) Bhutan (p. 13) Guinea-Bissau Gambia (p. 29) Senegal (p. 63) Mozambique Ethiopia (p. 25) Sierra Leone Benin (p. 12) Guinea (p. 31) Niger (p. 52) Chad (p. 19) Mali (p. 46) Burkina Faso (p. 16)
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This book is part of graduation project CAPTCHA AND ILLITERACY Graphic design studio II, FUD UJEP Source data: Human Development Report 2009, UN www.opekar.cz www.sinfin.cz www.gd2.cz
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