Iliterate Adults In Sub-Saharan Africa
About 774 million adults, two-thirds of them women, were unable to read or write in 2011. Over 50% of this illiterate adult population lived in South and West Asia and about one quarter in sub-Saharan Africa; just ten countries account for 72% of the total. In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of illiterate adults has actually grown, rising by 37% over the past twenty2years, to 182 million in 2011. It is projected that by 2015 the global total will still be 743 million, a reduction of only 16% since the 1985–1994 literacy data reference period. Although illiteracy is mostly concentrated in developing and heavily populated countries, it remains a problem that affects the whole world. Developed countries also show