{"id":5019,"date":"2019-12-10T21:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T01:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T18:45:34","slug":"world-literacy-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/12\/world-literacy-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the world literacy rate in 2003?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>8% of adults have &#8216;a severe literacy deficit&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>A &#8220;severe literacy deficit&#8221; haunts the world&#8217;s most developed countries. Between one-quarter and three-quarters of the world&#8217;s adults don&#8217;t have a &#8220;suitable minimum skill level&#8221; for coping with the demands of modern life and work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44154\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/world-literacy-rate.png\" alt=\"world literacy rate\" title=\"world literacy rate\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44154 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/world-literacy-rate.png\" alt=\"world literacy rate\" title=\"world literacy rate\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44154\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Between 25% and 75% of adults around the world lack even the basic minimum skills &#8220;for coping with the demands of modern life and work.&#8221; <em>Image from Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to the International Adult Literacy Survey, a large-scale cooperative effort by governments, national statistical agencies, research institutions and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.<\/p>\n<p>The study included 20 countries, representing more than 50% of the world\u2019s gross domestic product.<\/p>\n<h3>Three types of literacy<\/h3>\n<p>The study rates three types of literacy on a 500-point scale:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Prose literacy<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to understand and use information from linear copy, like editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals. <em>Average score across countries<\/em>: 221 points (Level 1 of 5) to 301 points (Level 3).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document literacy<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to locate and use information in nonlinear documents, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts. <em>Average score across countries<\/em>: 219 points (Level 1) to 306 points (Level 3).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative literacy<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to use numbers in printed materials. Tasks include balancing a checkbook, figuring out a tip, completing an order form or determining the amount of interest on a loan. <em>Average score across countries<\/em>: 209 points (Level 1) to 306 points (Level 3).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>The results?<\/h3>\n<p>In 14 out of 20 countries, at least 15% of all adults have only rudimentary literacy skills, researchers say, making it hard for them to cope with the rising skill demands of the information age.<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">\n<h5>A world of pain<\/h5>\n<h6>Prose literacy rates in 20 developed countries<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/12\/world-literacy-rate\/a-world-of-pain-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" data-orig-size=\"550,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-world-of-pain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain-300x159.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20467 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png 550w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain-300x159.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/291;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/12\/world-literacy-rate\/a-world-of-pain-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" data-orig-size=\"550,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-world-of-pain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain-300x159.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain.png 550w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/a-world-of-pain-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Vincente can&#8217;t read<\/strong> Sweden ranks highest and Chile lowest among 20 countries in prose literacy, or how well people can use linear text like articles. But all of these developed nations face a \u2018literary skills deficit.\u2019 Source: Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development\u2019s \u2018Final Report Of the International Adult Literacy Survey\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Lowest literacy levels<\/strong>. Chile had the lowest average on all three scales. But it&#8217;s not alone. Countries with more than 15% of people at the lowest levels of prose literacy include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>Belgium (Flanders)<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n<li>Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>Poland<\/li>\n<li>Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>The United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>The United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Highest literacy levels.<\/strong> Sweden had the highest average on all three scales. All told, six countries have fewer than 15% of adults at the lowest level of prose literacy skills:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Finland<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>The Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Norway<\/li>\n<li>Sweden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But wipe that smirk off your face, Sweden. Even there, in the most literate country in the study, 8% of adults have &#8220;a severe literacy deficit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Five levels of literacy<\/h3>\n<p>The study divides each type of literacy into five levels:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 1<\/strong>: very poor. A person with Level 1 literacy, for instance, might not be able to figure out how much medicine to take based on information printed on the package.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 2<\/strong>: weak. These folks may have developed coping skills to manage everyday literacy demands. But their low literacy level makes it hard for them to face new demands, such as learning new job skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 3<\/strong>: basic. These folks have achieved a &#8220;suitable minimum&#8221; of literacy for coping with the demands of everyday life and work. This is about the skill level required to finish secondary school and get into college.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Levels 4 and 5<\/strong>: good to excellent. These folks have high information-processing skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even the most economically advanced societies have a literacy skills deficit,&#8221; researchers say. &#8220;Between one-quarter and three-quarters of adults fail to attain literacy Level 3, considered by experts as a suitable minimum skill level for coping with the demands of modern life and work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>What can people at different literacy levels do?<\/h3>\n<p>Level 1 (0-225)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose<\/strong>: Find the \u201cmaximum number of days you should take this medicine\u201d on a label that includes the heading \u201cDosage\u201d and the phrase \u201cnot longer than 7 days\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document<\/strong>: Identify from a chart the percentage of teachers from Greece who are women<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong>: Add $50 + $2 on an order form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Level 2 (226-275)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose<\/strong>: Determine what happens when a plant is exposed to temperatures of 14\u00b0C or lower in an article with the sentence \u201cWhen the plant is exposed to temperatures of 12-14\u00b0C, it loses its leaves and won\u2019t bloom any more\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document<\/strong>: \tIdentify from a chart the year in which the fewest people were injured by fireworks in the Netherlands<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong>:Determine how many degrees warmer today\u2019s high temperature is expected to be in Bangkok than in Seoul using a weather chart in a newspaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Level 3 (276-325)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose<\/strong>: Figure out how to ensure that a bike seat is in the proper position by reading a page from a bicycle owner\u2019s manual<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document<\/strong>: \tWrite a brief description of the relationship between sales and injuries based on the information shown in the two graphs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong>: Add three numbers from two charts to calculate the total amount of energ consumed by Canada, Mexico and the United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Level 4 (326-375)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose<\/strong>: Write in your own words the difference between a panel and group interview, based on a pamphlet about hiring interviews<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document<\/strong>: Summarize how oil use changed between 1970 and 1989, based on two pie charts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong>: Calculate how much money you\u2019d have if you invested $100 at a rate of 6 per cent for 10 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Level 5 (376-500)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose<\/strong>: List two ways an employee support initiative helps people who lose their jobs in a departmental reorganization, based on an announcement from the personnel department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document<\/strong>: Determine the average advertised price for the \u201cbasic\u201d clock radio receiving the highest overall score on a page taken from a consumer magazine rating clock radios<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong>: Calculate the total number of kilometers traveled on a trip from Guadalajara to Tecom\u00e1n and then to Zamora using a distance chart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">\n<h5>A world of pain<\/h5>\n<h6>Prose literacy rates in 20 developed countries<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20903 lazyload\" title=\"graphic_articles_120500-0007\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/revvingupreadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/graphic_articles_120500-0007.png\" width=\"571\" height=\"419\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 571px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 571\/419;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20903  \" title=\"graphic_articles_120500-0007\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/revvingupreadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/graphic_articles_120500-0007.png\" width=\"571\" height=\"419\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development&#8217;s &#8216;Final Report Of the International Adult Literacy Survey&#8217; OECD, 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id='MC-CTC-READ' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"custom_html-10\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h3>How can you reach <em>all<\/em> of your readers?<\/h3>\r\n<p>Read it and weep. 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