Literate and illiterate world population since 1820

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  1. Hmm… I feel as though while showing good progress it doesn’t really encapsulates the issues in education many regions are facing and how they can be problematic for economic development. Though I don’t want to sound as though we’re moving the goal post but many of these developmental steps are important as the later on in life you are the harder it becomes to have access to these systems.

  2. Interesting that the literacy rate dropped several percentage points in the 1940s. Perhaps due to education being put on hold during WWII? Or maybe because of disproportionate population loss in more literate regions (Central Europe, USSR, Japan) relative to less developed countries.

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