JAN LITERACY RATE BY GENDER AND REGION 2019 PERCENTAGE OF EACH REGION’S POPULATION AGED 15 AND ABOVE WHO CAN READ AND WRITE, SPLIT BY GENDER NORTHERN EUROPE EASTERN 99 99 EUROPE NORTHERN 100 100 AMERICA 99 99 WESTERN 97 99 100 100 CENTRAL EUROPE 99 99 ASIA SOUTHERN 94 98 EASTERN EUROPE ASIA CARIBBEAN NORTHERN 69 84 80 89 83 85 AFRICA 59 77 91 94 WESTERN MIDDLE ASIA CENTRAL 38 58 AFRICA SOUTHERN AMERICA ASIA WESTERN 58 79 91 95 SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA ASIA 94 94 54 69 EASTERN AFRICA SOUTHERN AMERICA 92 94 91 92 83 FEMALE GLOBAL AVERAGE: SOUTHERN OCEANIA 90 MALE GLOBAL AVERAGE: AFRICA SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM UNESCO; UNICEF; THE WORLD BANK; THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; INDEXMUNDI; PEW RESEARCH CENTRE; PHRASEBASE; ETHNOLOGUE. 29 NOTE: REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME.