India Tops in Illiteracy and Defense Spending

[xuxu1457]

Here -

http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2008-09/eb/stat02.pdf

Out of Rs.750,883.53 crore spent by the Government of India in 2008-09, Rs.105,600 crore were spent on defence services.

This might look a very high percentage of India's total budget but the total expenditure figure only includes that of that of the Union government, and does not include those of India's 28 state governments.

That may be right,we generally compare with the GDP but budget

 

[RPK]

Indian defense budget's specified limit of 3% of GDP has been observed only by excluding several items like the cost of the MoD and the expenditure on military pensions which by itself amounts to 15% of the total defense outlay. Several other items like the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI, a regular regiment of the army consisting of thirteen battalions) and the Coast Guard are also excluded. A substantial part of the cost of the nuclear arsenal and allied systems is excluded. All para-military forces including the ones directly involved in border management are excluded. The Parliamentary Committee on Defense spends most of its time on personnel matters and resolving issues of protocol between the service chiefs and the defense secretary. The Committee looks at DE but beyond stating that DE should be pegged at 3% of GDP, it has nothing substantial to contribute. Clearly, parliamentary oversight and control seems to be missing. For several years, DE in aggregate has crossed 3% of GDP.

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So literacy is not the main problem. defence spending is the problem. As per your senario all bolded is stopped then there will no India. everyday we will have 26/11.

 

[RiazHaq]

So literacy is not the main problem. defence spending is the problem. As per your senario all bolded is stopped then there will no India. everyday we will have 26/11.

There is no way to stop all terrorist attacks . And, as the US, Pakistan and Israel have already learned, the kind of weapons you are buying won't help you in your fight to stop terrorists. It's an asymmetrical threat for which your aircraft carriers, blue navies, sophisticated missiles and AWACS you are buying at great cost will not work.

As it constantly harps on the ISI and Jihadis, Indian government needs to worry as much or more about the homegrown Hindutva terrorists, and their affiliates in Indian intelligence agencies and the Indian Army, who are trying to spark a devastating war in South Asia between India and Pakistan.

Hindutva terror groups, and their affiliates, have carried out a number of bomb blasts across India in the last few years, and tried to pin the blame on Indian Muslims or the Pakistan's intelligence service ISI. In his book "Who Killed Karkare?", former Maharashtra police chief Mushrif describes nearly a dozen blasts conducted by Hindutva terror groups of different stripes. He argues that a section of India’s intelligence services, a small group in the armed forces and parts of different state police forces have been compromised and infiltrated by these elements, a development that bodes ill for the future of the country, and the region. Some of the blasts, such as the bombing of Samjhota Express, had been falsely blamed on Pakistan's ISI to try and heighten tensions in South Asia. The circumstances around the assassination of Mumbai anti-terror squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karakare, who was pursuing some the major Hindutva figures involved in the bombing campaigns in India, have not been investigated. Demands by Karakare's wife for independent investigation and transparency have been ignored.

If you do scale down you defense spending by curtailing the purchases of expensive toys most of which are useless anyway, it won't be a favor to any one. Your own people will greatly benefit from it, with less poverty and hunger, and better literacy rates, and hopefully fewer insurgencies like the Maoists insurgency caused by extreme poverty and 200,000 farmer suicides in the last ten years.

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[mrwarrior006]

its still very less india needs to spend lot

 

[grey boy 2]

isnt india ahead of many countries in illiteracy


i know its still very low and it will for 10yrs but are we really top in tat section
hope some one will get wat i mean

StateMaster - Encyclopedia: List of countries by literacy rate

Rank Country Literacy rate
1 Georgia 100.0[1]
1 Finland 100.0[2]
1 Luxembourg 100.0[3]
1 Norway 100.0[4]
5 United States of America 99.9 [5]
6 Cuba 99.8 [2]
6 Estonia 99.8
7 Barbados 99.7
7 Latvia 99.7
7 Poland 99.7
7 Slovenia 99.7
11 Belarus 99.6
11 Lithuania 99.6
11 Slovakia 99.6
14 Kazakhstan 99.5
14 Tajikistan 99.5
16 Armenia 99.4
16 Russian Federation 99.4
16 Ukraine 99.4
19 Hungary 99.3
20 Uzbekistan 99.3
21 Switzerland 99.0
21 Sweden 99.0
21 New Zealand 99.0
21 Netherlands 99.0
21 Japan 99.0
21 Ireland (Republic of) 99.0
21 Iceland 99.0
21 Denmark 99.0
21 Germany 99.0
21 France 99.0
21 Czech Republic 99.0
21 Belgium 99.0
21 Canada 99.0
21 Australia 99.0[6]
35 Tonga 98.9
36 Azerbaijan 98.8
36 Turkmenistan 98.8
38 Albania 98.7
38 Kyrgyzstan 98.7
38 Samoa 98.7
41 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6
42 Italy 98.5
43 Romania 98.4 [3]
44 Bulgaria 98.2
45 Croatia 98.1
46 Austria 98.0
47 South Korea 97.9
48 Mongolia 97.8
48 Greece 97.8
50 Spain 97.7
50 Uruguay 97.7
52 Argentina 97.5
53 Maldives 97.2
54 Israel 96.9
55 Cyprus 96.8
56 Guyana 96.5
57 Montenegro 96.4[7]
58 Moldova 96.2
59 Republic of Macedonia 96.1
59 Taiwan 96.1
61 Grenada 96.0
62 Costa Rica 95.8
63 Chile 95.7
64 Bahamas 95.5
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.6
66 Colombia 94.2
67 Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China 93.5
68 Venezuela 93.0
69 Fiji 92.9
70 Brunei 92.7
71 Philippines 92.6
71 Thailand 92.6
73 Malta 92.5
73 Portugal 92.5
73 Singapore 92.5
76 Palestinian territories 91.9
76 Panama 91.9
76 Seychelles 91.9
79 Paraguay 91.6
80 Ecuador 91.0
81 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 90.9
82 Sri Lanka 90.4
83 Mexico 90.3
83 Vietnam 90.3
85 Saint Lucia 90.1
86 Zimbabwe 90.0
87 Jordan 89.9
88 Myanmar 89.7
89 Qatar 89.2
90 Malaysia 88.7
91 Brazil 88.4
92 Turkey 88.3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1
94 Dominica 88.0
94 Suriname 88.0
96 Indonesia 87.9
97 Bahrain 87.7
97 Dominican Republic 87.7
97 Peru 87.7
100 Jamaica 87.6
93 Bolivia 86.5
93 Lebanon 86.5
94 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8
95 Namibia 85.0
96 Mauritius 84.3
97 Equatorial Guinea 84.2
98 São Tomé and Principe 83.1
99 Kuwait 82.9
99 Syria 82.9
100 Congo 82.8
110 South Africa 82.4
111 Libya 81.7
112 Lesotho 81.4
113 Iran 80.0
113 Honduras 80.0
115 El Salvador 79.7
116 Saudi Arabia 79.4
117 Swaziland 79.2
118 Botswana 78.9
118 Tanzania 78.2
119 United Arab Emirates 77.3
120 Belize 76.9
121 Nicaragua 76.7
122 Solomon Islands 76.6
123 Cape Verde 75.7
124 Oman 74.4
125 Tunisia 74.3
126 Vanuatu 74.0
127 Cambodia 73.6
127 Kenya 73.6
129 Gabon 71.0
130 Madagascar 70.6
131 Algeria 69.8
133 Guatemala 69.1
134 Uganda 68.9
135 Laos 68.7
136 Cameroon 67.9
136 Zambia 67.9
138 Angola 66.8
138 Nigeria 66.8
140 Djibouti 65.5
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.3
142 Malawi 64.1
143 Rwanda 64.0
144 Morocco 61.6 [4]
145 India 61.0
146 Sudan 59.0
147 Burundi 58.9
148 Timor-Leste 58.6
149 Papua New Guinea 57.3
150 Eritrea 56.7
151 Comoros 56.2
152 Egypt 55.6
153 Pakistan 54.2
154 Ghana 54.1
155 Togo 53.0
156 Haiti 51.9
157 Mauritania 51.2
158 Yemen 49.0
159 Central African Republic 48.6
160 Nepal 48.6
161 Côte d’Ivoire 48.1
162 Bhutan 47.0
163 Mozambique 46.5
164 Ethiopia 41.5
165 Bangladesh 41.1
166 Guinea 41.0
167 Guinea-Bissau 39.6
168 Senegal 39.3
169 Gambia 37.8
170 Afghanistan 36.0
171 Benin 33.6
172 Sierra Leone 29.6
173 Chad 25.5
174 Mali 19.0
175 Niger 14.4
176 Burkina Faso 12.8

 

[RPK]

StateMaster - Encyclopedia: List of countries by literacy rate

Rank Country Literacy rate
1 Georgia 100.0[1]
1 Finland 100.0[2]
1 Luxembourg 100.0[3]
1 Norway 100.0[4]
5 United States of America 99.9 [5]
6 Cuba 99.8 [2]
6 Estonia 99.8
7 Barbados 99.7
7 Latvia 99.7
7 Poland 99.7
7 Slovenia 99.7
11 Belarus 99.6
11 Lithuania 99.6
11 Slovakia 99.6
14 Kazakhstan 99.5
14 Tajikistan 99.5
16 Armenia 99.4
16 Russian Federation 99.4
16 Ukraine 99.4
19 Hungary 99.3
20 Uzbekistan 99.3
21 Switzerland 99.0
21 Sweden 99.0
21 New Zealand 99.0
21 Netherlands 99.0
21 Japan 99.0
21 Ireland (Republic of) 99.0
21 Iceland 99.0
21 Denmark 99.0
21 Germany 99.0
21 France 99.0
21 Czech Republic 99.0
21 Belgium 99.0
21 Canada 99.0
21 Australia 99.0[6]
35 Tonga 98.9
36 Azerbaijan 98.8
36 Turkmenistan 98.8
38 Albania 98.7
38 Kyrgyzstan 98.7
38 Samoa 98.7
41 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6
42 Italy 98.5
43 Romania 98.4 [3]
44 Bulgaria 98.2
45 Croatia 98.1
46 Austria 98.0
47 South Korea 97.9
48 Mongolia 97.8
48 Greece 97.8
50 Spain 97.7
50 Uruguay 97.7
52 Argentina 97.5
53 Maldives 97.2
54 Israel 96.9
55 Cyprus 96.8
56 Guyana 96.5
57 Montenegro 96.4[7]
58 Moldova 96.2
59 Republic of Macedonia 96.1
59 Taiwan 96.1
61 Grenada 96.0
62 Costa Rica 95.8
63 Chile 95.7
64 Bahamas 95.5
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.6
66 Colombia 94.2
67 Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China 93.5
68 Venezuela 93.0
69 Fiji 92.9
70 Brunei 92.7
71 Philippines 92.6
71 Thailand 92.6
73 Malta 92.5
73 Portugal 92.5
73 Singapore 92.5
76 Palestinian territories 91.9
76 Panama 91.9
76 Seychelles 91.9
79 Paraguay 91.6
80 Ecuador 91.0
81 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 90.9
82 Sri Lanka 90.4
83 Mexico 90.3
83 Vietnam 90.3
85 Saint Lucia 90.1
86 Zimbabwe 90.0
87 Jordan 89.9
88 Myanmar 89.7
89 Qatar 89.2
90 Malaysia 88.7
91 Brazil 88.4
92 Turkey 88.3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1
94 Dominica 88.0
94 Suriname 88.0
96 Indonesia 87.9
97 Bahrain 87.7
97 Dominican Republic 87.7
97 Peru 87.7
100 Jamaica 87.6
93 Bolivia 86.5
93 Lebanon 86.5
94 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8
95 Namibia 85.0
96 Mauritius 84.3
97 Equatorial Guinea 84.2
98 São Tomé and Principe 83.1
99 Kuwait 82.9
99 Syria 82.9
100 Congo 82.8
110 South Africa 82.4
111 Libya 81.7
112 Lesotho 81.4
113 Iran 80.0
113 Honduras 80.0
115 El Salvador 79.7
116 Saudi Arabia 79.4
117 Swaziland 79.2
118 Botswana 78.9
118 Tanzania 78.2
119 United Arab Emirates 77.3
120 Belize 76.9
121 Nicaragua 76.7
122 Solomon Islands 76.6
123 Cape Verde 75.7
124 Oman 74.4
125 Tunisia 74.3
126 Vanuatu 74.0
127 Cambodia 73.6
127 Kenya 73.6
129 Gabon 71.0
130 Madagascar 70.6
131 Algeria 69.8
133 Guatemala 69.1
134 Uganda 68.9
135 Laos 68.7
136 Cameroon 67.9
136 Zambia 67.9
138 Angola 66.8
138 Nigeria 66.8
140 Djibouti 65.5
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.3
142 Malawi 64.1
143 Rwanda 64.0
144 Morocco 61.6 [4]
145 India 61.0
146 Sudan 59.0
147 Burundi 58.9
148 Timor-Leste 58.6
149 Papua New Guinea 57.3
150 Eritrea 56.7
151 Comoros 56.2
152 Egypt 55.6
153 Pakistan 54.2
154 Ghana 54.1
155 Togo 53.0
156 Haiti 51.9
157 Mauritania 51.2
158 Yemen 49.0
159 Central African Republic 48.6
160 Nepal 48.6
161 Côte d’Ivoire 48.1
162 Bhutan 47.0
163 Mozambique 46.5
164 Ethiopia 41.5
165 Bangladesh 41.1
166 Guinea 41.0
167 Guinea-Bissau 39.6
168 Senegal 39.3
169 Gambia 37.8
170 Afghanistan 36.0
171 Benin 33.6
172 Sierra Leone 29.6
173 Chad 25.5
174 Mali 19.0
175 Niger 14.4
176 Burkina Faso 12.8

As I said ealier the ranking is based on 2001 census. We have ben decade after that, wait for the 2011 census data.

 

[Iggy]

StateMaster - Encyclopedia: List of countries by literacy rate

Rank Country Literacy rate
1 Georgia 100.0[1]
1 Finland 100.0[2]
1 Luxembourg 100.0[3]
1 Norway 100.0[4]
5 United States of America 99.9 [5]
6 Cuba 99.8 [2]
6 Estonia 99.8
7 Barbados 99.7
7 Latvia 99.7
7 Poland 99.7
7 Slovenia 99.7
11 Belarus 99.6
11 Lithuania 99.6
11 Slovakia 99.6
14 Kazakhstan 99.5
14 Tajikistan 99.5
16 Armenia 99.4
16 Russian Federation 99.4
16 Ukraine 99.4
19 Hungary 99.3
20 Uzbekistan 99.3
21 Switzerland 99.0
21 Sweden 99.0
21 New Zealand 99.0
21 Netherlands 99.0
21 Japan 99.0
21 Ireland (Republic of) 99.0
21 Iceland 99.0
21 Denmark 99.0
21 Germany 99.0
21 France 99.0
21 Czech Republic 99.0
21 Belgium 99.0
21 Canada 99.0
21 Australia 99.0[6]
35 Tonga 98.9
36 Azerbaijan 98.8
36 Turkmenistan 98.8
38 Albania 98.7
38 Kyrgyzstan 98.7
38 Samoa 98.7
41 Trinidad and Tobago 98.6
42 Italy 98.5
43 Romania 98.4 [3]
44 Bulgaria 98.2
45 Croatia 98.1
46 Austria 98.0
47 South Korea 97.9
48 Mongolia 97.8
48 Greece 97.8
50 Spain 97.7
50 Uruguay 97.7
52 Argentina 97.5
53 Maldives 97.2
54 Israel 96.9
55 Cyprus 96.8
56 Guyana 96.5
57 Montenegro 96.4[7]
58 Moldova 96.2
59 Republic of Macedonia 96.1
59 Taiwan 96.1
61 Grenada 96.0
62 Costa Rica 95.8
63 Chile 95.7
64 Bahamas 95.5
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.6
66 Colombia 94.2
67 Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China 93.5
68 Venezuela 93.0
69 Fiji 92.9
70 Brunei 92.7
71 Philippines 92.6
71 Thailand 92.6
73 Malta 92.5
73 Portugal 92.5
73 Singapore 92.5
76 Palestinian territories 91.9
76 Panama 91.9
76 Seychelles 91.9
79 Paraguay 91.6
80 Ecuador 91.0
81 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 90.9
82 Sri Lanka 90.4
83 Mexico 90.3
83 Vietnam 90.3
85 Saint Lucia 90.1
86 Zimbabwe 90.0
87 Jordan 89.9
88 Myanmar 89.7
89 Qatar 89.2
90 Malaysia 88.7
91 Brazil 88.4
92 Turkey 88.3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88.1
94 Dominica 88.0
94 Suriname 88.0
96 Indonesia 87.9
97 Bahrain 87.7
97 Dominican Republic 87.7
97 Peru 87.7
100 Jamaica 87.6
93 Bolivia 86.5
93 Lebanon 86.5
94 Antigua and Barbuda 85.8
95 Namibia 85.0
96 Mauritius 84.3
97 Equatorial Guinea 84.2
98 São Tomé and Principe 83.1
99 Kuwait 82.9
99 Syria 82.9
100 Congo 82.8
110 South Africa 82.4
111 Libya 81.7
112 Lesotho 81.4
113 Iran 80.0
113 Honduras 80.0
115 El Salvador 79.7
116 Saudi Arabia 79.4
117 Swaziland 79.2
118 Botswana 78.9
118 Tanzania 78.2
119 United Arab Emirates 77.3
120 Belize 76.9
121 Nicaragua 76.7
122 Solomon Islands 76.6
123 Cape Verde 75.7
124 Oman 74.4
125 Tunisia 74.3
126 Vanuatu 74.0
127 Cambodia 73.6
127 Kenya 73.6
129 Gabon 71.0
130 Madagascar 70.6
131 Algeria 69.8
133 Guatemala 69.1
134 Uganda 68.9
135 Laos 68.7
136 Cameroon 67.9
136 Zambia 67.9
138 Angola 66.8
138 Nigeria 66.8
140 Djibouti 65.5
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.3
142 Malawi 64.1
143 Rwanda 64.0
144 Morocco 61.6 [4]
145 India 61.0
146 Sudan 59.0
147 Burundi 58.9
148 Timor-Leste 58.6
149 Papua New Guinea 57.3
150 Eritrea 56.7
151 Comoros 56.2
152 Egypt 55.6
153 Pakistan 54.2
154 Ghana 54.1
155 Togo 53.0
156 Haiti 51.9
157 Mauritania 51.2
158 Yemen 49.0
159 Central African Republic 48.6
160 Nepal 48.6
161 Côte d’Ivoire 48.1
162 Bhutan 47.0
163 Mozambique 46.5
164 Ethiopia 41.5
165 Bangladesh 41.1
166 Guinea 41.0
167 Guinea-Bissau 39.6
168 Senegal 39.3
169 Gambia 37.8
170 Afghanistan 36.0
171 Benin 33.6
172 Sierra Leone 29.6
173 Chad 25.5
174 Mali 19.0
175 Niger 14.4
176 Burkina Faso 12.8

Thanks ..it break the myth of India leading in the number of illiterates ..even in South Asia there are countries worse than us in that list ...

 

[ambidex]

But what is the definition of literacy? Is it something to do with English proficiency or proficiency to read and write native language?

Someone please answer.

 

[RPK]

There is no way to stop all terrorist attacks . And, as the US, Pakistan and Israel have already learned, the kind of weapons you are buying won't help you in your fight to stop terrorists. It's an asymmetrical threat for which your aircraft carriers, blue navies, sophisticated missiles and AWACS you are buying at great cost will not work

.

These weapons not to fight terrorists, But for hostile countries

As it constantly harps on the ISI and Jihadis, Indian government needs to worry as much or more about the homegrown Hindutva terrorists, and their affiliates in Indian intelligence agencies and the Indian Army, who are trying to spark a devastating war in South Asia between India and Pakistan.

Internal problem india can handle it.

Hindutva terror groups, and their affiliates, have carried out a number of bomb blasts across India in the last few years, and tried to pin the blame on Indian Muslims or the Pakistan's intelligence service ISI. In his book "Who Killed Karkare?", former Maharashtra police chief Mushrif describes nearly a dozen blasts conducted by Hindutva terror groups of different stripes. He argues that a section of India’s intelligence services, a small group in the armed forces and parts of different state police forces have been compromised and infiltrated by these elements, a development that bodes ill for the future of the country, and the region. Some of the blasts, such as the bombing of Samjhota Express, had been falsely blamed on Pakistan's ISI to try and heighten tensions in South Asia. The circumstances around the assassination of Mumbai anti-terror squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karakare, who was pursuing some the major Hindutva figures involved in the bombing campaigns in India, have not been investigated. Demands by Karakare's wife for independent investigation and transparency have been ignored.

Conspiracy nothing more to say

If you do scale down you defense spending by curtailing the purchases of expensive toys most of which are useless anyway, it won't be a favor to any one. Your own people will greatly benefit from it, with less poverty and hunger, and better literacy rates, and hopefully fewer insurgencies like the Maoists insurgency caused by extreme poverty and 200,000 farmer suicides in the last ten years.

By reducing defences spending won't help. It will have edge over india by hostile countries

 

[Red Dwarf]

But what is the definition of literacy? Is it something to do with English proficiency or proficiency to read and write native language?

Someone please answer.

I think it depends on country. In India, we consider one as literate, if he can write his name in his regional language or he sign on anything than his thumb impression. That current level of 61% i think is overrated..

 

[dabloo]

I think it depends on country. In India, we consider one as literate, if he can write his name in his regional language or he sign on anything than his thumb impression. That current level of 61% i think is overrated..

Agreed,

But then since we have world's second largest population, the illiteracy percentage will be definately be more

 

[grey boy 2]

Human Development Report 2009 - Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and above)

Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and above)

HDI Rank Country 1999-2007 1
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Netherlands ..
7 Sweden ..
8 France ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland ..
13 United States ..
14 Austria ..
15 Spain 2.1 2
16 Denmark ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Italy 1.1 3
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom ..
22 Germany ..
23 Singapore 5.6 3
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 4
25 Greece 2.9 3
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 5
27 Israel 2.9 6
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 0.3 3 5
30 Brunei Darussalam 5.1 3
31 Kuwait 5.5 2
32 Cyprus 2.3 3
33 Qatar 6.9 2
34 Portugal 5.1 3
35 United Arab Emirates 10.0 2
36 Czech Republic .. 5
37 Barbados .. 4 5
38 Malta 7.6 7
39 Bahrain 11.2 3
40 Estonia 0.2 3 5
41 Poland 0.7 3 5
42 Slovakia .. 5
43 Hungary 1.1 3
44 Chile 3.5 3
45 Croatia 1.3 3
46 Lithuania 0.3 3 5
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1.1 7
48 Latvia 0.2 3 5
49 Argentina 2.4 3
50 Uruguay 2.1 2
51 Cuba 0.2 3 5
52 Bahamas .. 4
53 Mexico 7.2 2
54 Costa Rica 4.1 3
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 13.2 3
56 Oman 15.6 3
57 Seychelles 8.2 7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.8 2
59 Saudi Arabia 15.0 3
60 Panama 6.6 3
61 Bulgaria 1.7 3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2 8
63 Romania 2.4 3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3 3
65 Montenegro 3.6 7 9
66 Malaysia 8.1 3
67 Serbia 3.6 7 9
68 Belarus 0.3 3 5
69 Saint Lucia 5.2 10
70 Albania 1.0 3 5
71 Russian Federation 0.5 3 5
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3.0 3
73 Dominica 12.0 10
74 Grenada 4.0 10
75 Brazil 10.0 2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3 11
77 Colombia 7.3 2
78 Peru 10.4 2
79 Turkey 11.3 2
80 Ecuador 9.0 7
81 Mauritius 12.6 3
82 Kazakhstan 0.4 3 5
83 Lebanon 10.4 2
84 Armenia 0.5 3 5
85 Ukraine 0.3 3 5
86 Azerbaijan 0.5 2 5
87 Thailand 5.9 3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.7 2
89 Georgia 0 5 12
90 Dominican Republic 10.9 3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.9 10
92 China 6.7 3
93 Belize 24.9 10
94 Samoa 1.3 3
95 Maldives 3.0 3
96 Jordan 8.9 2
97 Suriname 9.6 3
98 Tunisia 22.3 3
99 Tonga 0.8 3 5
100 Jamaica 14.0 3
101 Paraguay 5.4 2
102 Sri Lanka 9.2 2
103 Gabon 13.8 3
104 Algeria 24.6 3
105 Philippines 6.6 3
106 El Salvador 18.0 7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 16.9 3
108 Fiji .. 4
109 Turkmenistan 0.5 3 5
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 6.2 2
111 Indonesia 8.0 2
112 Honduras 16.4 2
113 Bolivia 9.3 2
114 Guyana .. 4
115 Mongolia 2.7 3
116 Viet Nam 9.7 7
117 Moldova 0.8 3 5
118 Equatorial Guinea 13.0 11
119 Uzbekistan 3.1 11
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 3 5
121 Cape Verde 16.2 3
122 Guatemala 26.8 3
123 Egypt 33.6 7
124 Nicaragua 22.0 7
125 Botswana 17.1 3
126 Vanuatu 21.9 3
127 Tajikistan 0.4 3 5
128 Namibia 12.0 3
129 South Africa 12.0 3
130 Morocco 44.4 3
131 Sao Tome and Principe 12.1 3
132 Bhutan 47.2 7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.3 7
134 India 34.0 3
135 Solomon Islands 23.4 6
136 Congo 18.9 3
137 Cambodia 23.7 3
138 Myanmar 10.1 11
139 Comoros 24.9 3
140 Yemen 41.1 3
141 Pakistan 45.8 2
142 Swaziland 20.4 11
143 Angola 32.6 11
144 Nepal 43.5 3
145 Madagascar 29.3 11
146 Bangladesh 46.5 3
147 Kenya 26.4 11
148 Papua New Guinea 42.2 3
149 Haiti 37.9 13 7
150 Sudan 39.1 11 14
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 27.7 3
152 Ghana 35.0 3
153 Cameroon 32.1 2
154 Mauritania 44.2 3
155 Djibouti .. 4
156 Lesotho 17.8 2
157 Uganda 26.4 3
158 Nigeria 28.0 3
159 Togo 46.8 11
160 Malawi 28.2 3
161 Benin 59.5 3
162 Timor-Leste 49.9 15
163 Côte d'Ivoire 51.3 11
164 Zambia 29.4 3
165 Eritrea 35.8 3
166 Senegal 58.1 2
167 Rwanda 35.1 11
168 Gambia .. 4
169 Liberia 44.5 3
170 Guinea 70.5 11
171 Ethiopia 64.1 2
172 Mozambique 55.6 3
173 Guinea-Bissau 35.4 3
174 Burundi 40.7 11
175 Chad 68.2 3
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 32.8 11
177 Burkina Faso 71.3 2
178 Mali 73.8 2
179 Central African Republic 51.4 11
180 Sierra Leone 61.9 3
181 Afghanistan 72.0 11
182 Niger 71.3 2

 

[karan.1970]

Human Development Report 2009 - Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and above)

Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and above)

HDI Rank Country 1999-2007 1
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Netherlands ..
7 Sweden ..
8 France ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland ..
13 United States ..
14 Austria ..
15 Spain 2.1 2
16 Denmark ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Italy 1.1 3
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom ..
22 Germany ..
23 Singapore 5.6 3
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 4
25 Greece 2.9 3
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 5
27 Israel 2.9 6
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 0.3 3 5
30 Brunei Darussalam 5.1 3
31 Kuwait 5.5 2
32 Cyprus 2.3 3
33 Qatar 6.9 2
34 Portugal 5.1 3
35 United Arab Emirates 10.0 2
36 Czech Republic .. 5
37 Barbados .. 4 5
38 Malta 7.6 7
39 Bahrain 11.2 3
40 Estonia 0.2 3 5
41 Poland 0.7 3 5
42 Slovakia .. 5
43 Hungary 1.1 3
44 Chile 3.5 3
45 Croatia 1.3 3
46 Lithuania 0.3 3 5
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1.1 7
48 Latvia 0.2 3 5
49 Argentina 2.4 3
50 Uruguay 2.1 2
51 Cuba 0.2 3 5
52 Bahamas .. 4
53 Mexico 7.2 2
54 Costa Rica 4.1 3
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 13.2 3
56 Oman 15.6 3
57 Seychelles 8.2 7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.8 2
59 Saudi Arabia 15.0 3
60 Panama 6.6 3
61 Bulgaria 1.7 3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2 8
63 Romania 2.4 3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3 3
65 Montenegro 3.6 7 9
66 Malaysia 8.1 3
67 Serbia 3.6 7 9
68 Belarus 0.3 3 5
69 Saint Lucia 5.2 10
70 Albania 1.0 3 5
71 Russian Federation 0.5 3 5
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3.0 3
73 Dominica 12.0 10
74 Grenada 4.0 10
75 Brazil 10.0 2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3 11
77 Colombia 7.3 2
78 Peru 10.4 2
79 Turkey 11.3 2
80 Ecuador 9.0 7
81 Mauritius 12.6 3
82 Kazakhstan 0.4 3 5
83 Lebanon 10.4 2
84 Armenia 0.5 3 5
85 Ukraine 0.3 3 5
86 Azerbaijan 0.5 2 5
87 Thailand 5.9 3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.7 2
89 Georgia 0 5 12
90 Dominican Republic 10.9 3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.9 10
92 China 6.7 3
93 Belize 24.9 10
94 Samoa 1.3 3
95 Maldives 3.0 3
96 Jordan 8.9 2
97 Suriname 9.6 3
98 Tunisia 22.3 3
99 Tonga 0.8 3 5
100 Jamaica 14.0 3
101 Paraguay 5.4 2
102 Sri Lanka 9.2 2
103 Gabon 13.8 3
104 Algeria 24.6 3
105 Philippines 6.6 3
106 El Salvador 18.0 7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 16.9 3
108 Fiji .. 4
109 Turkmenistan 0.5 3 5
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 6.2 2
111 Indonesia 8.0 2
112 Honduras 16.4 2
113 Bolivia 9.3 2
114 Guyana .. 4
115 Mongolia 2.7 3
116 Viet Nam 9.7 7
117 Moldova 0.8 3 5
118 Equatorial Guinea 13.0 11
119 Uzbekistan 3.1 11
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 3 5
121 Cape Verde 16.2 3
122 Guatemala 26.8 3
123 Egypt 33.6 7
124 Nicaragua 22.0 7
125 Botswana 17.1 3
126 Vanuatu 21.9 3
127 Tajikistan 0.4 3 5
128 Namibia 12.0 3
129 South Africa 12.0 3
130 Morocco 44.4 3
131 Sao Tome and Principe 12.1 3
132 Bhutan 47.2 7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.3 7
134 India 34.0 3
135 Solomon Islands 23.4 6
136 Congo 18.9 3
137 Cambodia 23.7 3
138 Myanmar 10.1 11
139 Comoros 24.9 3
140 Yemen 41.1 3
141 Pakistan 45.8 2
142 Swaziland 20.4 11
143 Angola 32.6 11
144 Nepal 43.5 3
145 Madagascar 29.3 11
146 Bangladesh 46.5 3
147 Kenya 26.4 11
148 Papua New Guinea 42.2 3
149 Haiti 37.9 13 7
150 Sudan 39.1 11 14
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 27.7 3
152 Ghana 35.0 3
153 Cameroon 32.1 2
154 Mauritania 44.2 3
155 Djibouti .. 4
156 Lesotho 17.8 2
157 Uganda 26.4 3
158 Nigeria 28.0 3
159 Togo 46.8 11
160 Malawi 28.2 3
161 Benin 59.5 3
162 Timor-Leste 49.9 15
163 Côte d'Ivoire 51.3 11
164 Zambia 29.4 3
165 Eritrea 35.8 3
166 Senegal 58.1 2
167 Rwanda 35.1 11
168 Gambia .. 4
169 Liberia 44.5 3
170 Guinea 70.5 11
171 Ethiopia 64.1 2
172 Mozambique 55.6 3
173 Guinea-Bissau 35.4 3
174 Burundi 40.7 11
175 Chad 68.2 3
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 32.8 11
177 Burkina Faso 71.3 2
178 Mali 73.8 2
179 Central African Republic 51.4 11
180 Sierra Leone 61.9 3
181 Afghanistan 72.0 11
182 Niger 71.3 2

Dude.. your earlier post and this seem like same..The earlier one shows literacy rate and this one illiteracy(100%-literacy rate).. Am I missing something??

 

[grey boy 2]

Dude.. your earlier post and this seem like same..The earlier one shows literacy rate and this one illiteracy(100%-literacy rate).. Am I missing something??

This was illiteracy of 15 years old and above from 1999-2007

The previous one for all ages and stop at 2001.

 

[mrwarrior006]

hence as our friend grey boy

has given the details we are not top in either of them

conclusion thread misleading