Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Adult and Youth Literacy1 /
The Literate Environment
    Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia6 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia6 Myanmar Philippines Singapore6 8 Thailand6 Viet Nam     World Developing countries East Asia and the Pacific
Adult literacy rate (15 and over) (%), Total  2000-20043 
92.7  *
73.6  *
87.9
68.7  *
88.7  *
89.7  *
92.6  *
92.5  *
92.6  *
90.3  *
81.9
76.4
91.4
Adult literacy rate (15 and over) (%), Male  2000-20043 
95.2  *
84.7  *
92.5
77.0  *
92.0  *
93.7  *
92.5  *
96.6  *
94.9  *
93.9  *
86.9
83.2
95.0
Adult literacy rate (15 and over) (%), Female  2000-20043 
90.2  *
64.1  *
83.4
60.9  *
85.4  *
86.2  *
92.7  *
88.6  *
90.5  *
86.9  *
76.8
69.5
87.7
Adult illiterates (15 and over), Total (000)  2000-20043 
17.1
2234.7
18432.0
969.9
1722.9
3224.3
3499.6
232.5
3298.5
4886.7
771128.7
759199.3
129921.7
Adult illiterates (15 and over), % Female  2000-20043 
65  *
72  *
69
64  *
64  *
69  *
50  *
77  *
66  *
69  *
64
64
71
Youth literacy rate (15-24) (%), Total  2000-20043 
98.9  *
83.4  *
98.0
78.5  *
97.2  *
94.4  *
95.1  *
99.5  *
98.0  *
...
87.5
85.0
97.9
Youth literacy rate (15-24) (%), Male  2000-20043 
98.9  *
87.9  *
98.5
82.6  *
97.2  *
95.6  *
94.5  *
99.4  *
98.1  *
...
90.5
88.7
98.3
Youth literacy rate (15-24) (%), Female  2000-20043 
98.9  *
78.9  *
97.6
74.7  *
97.3  *
93.2  *
95.7  *
99.6  *
97.8  *
...
84.2
81.1
97.4
Youth illiterates (15-24), Total (000)  2000-20043 
0.7
555.1
834.0
225.3
119.5
531.2
758.6
2.5
236.4
...
132908.5
132363.9
7145.5
Youth illiterates (15-24), % Female  2000-20043 
48  *
63  *
62
59  *
48  *
60  *
43  *
38  *
53  *
...
61
61
59
Daily newspapers Number of titles36  2000 
...
...
396  d
...
31
4  v
...
9
34  v
5  d
...
...
...
Daily newspapers Circulation, Total (000)36  2000 
...
...
4782  d
...
2191
400  v
...
1096
11753  v
450  ** d
...
...
...
Daily newspapers Circulation, per 1,000 inhabitants36  2000 
...
...
23  d
...
95
9  v
...
273
197  v
6  ** d
...
...
...
Non-daily newspapers Number of titles36  2000 
...
...
746
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
Non-daily newspapers Circulation, Total (000)36  2000 
...
...
7758  d
...
...
...
...
115
...
...
...
...
...
Non-daily newspapers Circulation, per 1,000 inhabitants36  2000 
...
...
37  d
...
...
...
...
29
...
...
...
...
...
Other periodicals Number of titles36  2000 
...
...
266  v
...
...
38  v
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other periodicals Circulation, Total (000)36  2000 
...
...
4156  v
...
...
3397
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other periodicals Circulation, per 1,000 inhabitants36  2000 
...
...
20  v
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