Today will be looking at 10 most Literate countries of the world. I know by now most of you will be thinking may be your country is the most literate or not, don't worry just stay tune you will see the list below.
Literacy is a human right and it is important for each
and every person to get education as it teaches you the
way to live, how to behave and how to treat others.
Being able to read and write empowers you personally
and it’s a big necessity in today’s technological world.
Education sector is highly important in every country as
the literacy and education is directly related to the
overall good or bad performance of the country. If you
have a look at the list of most developed countries of the
world you will see a marked difference in their literacy
rate and literacy rate of developing or underdeveloped
countries. It’s an important need of the country to spend
the good portion of their Gross Domestic Product on
education sector to cope with fast changing world.
If country has high illiteracy rate than no one can save
the nation from destructive downfall that’s almost
impossible to recover. UNESCO has been celebrating the
International Literacy Day on 8th September for more
than 40 years and they always conduct seminars to
highlight the role and importance of literacy and
education in terms of gender equality, eradicating the
poverty, peace, population control, democracy, reducing
the child mortality rate and most importantly the
sustainable development in the country. Here is the list
of Top 10 Countries With Highest Literacy Rate In 2014
showing that literacy is the measure of the development
of the nation.
10. Russia
Russia had the literacy rate of 53% according to the data
collected in 2010-2011. The country spends 4.9% of the
GDP in education sector, with almost every adult with
the tertiary and career based education. The country has
high development rate and low poverty rate as they
realize the importance of education for the successful
nation. It’s a strong country since its existence as
independent state due to high literacy rate.
9. Australia
Australia is regarded as the hotspot the international
students from almost all around the world. The literacy
rate is almost 38% and country spends 6% of its Annual
GDP in education. 25% of the Australian population is
the international students, which clearly indicate the
quality education of the Australian educational institutes
at every level. The institutes provide different
scholarships to the bright students to decorate their
country with the most literate people in the world. It’s a
key behind the success and development of the country.
8. Finland
The literacy rate in Finland is almost 39% and country
spends 7% of GDP in education. It’s well-known for the
free education and many of the Asians and natives do
their post graduations from Finland. There are many
colleges and universities that provide the career based
education to the students so they may work for their
country in future. The education system is very effective
in Finland. The technology connected areas have much
advancement and most of the teachers are related to
this field.
7. United Kingdom
40% of the individuals in UK have tertiary education. The
country spends 7% of the GDP in education sector.
Asians students prefer to go to United Kingdom get
education. There are student visa policies that support
the students to continue their education to higher level.
The country is stuffed with universities, schools, colleges
and students but has maintained the satisfactory level of
development with high literacy rate.
6. South Korea
The literacy rate is almost 40% and 8%of the GDP is
spent in education sector in South Korea. The country
has advanced in every field of science and technology.
Engineering and health sciences have attained its peak
through the research resources and abilities in South
Korea. It has the power of emerging future scientists in
the country. The public funds are spent on the education
in South Korea. The country is also developing with the
increasing rate of literacy.
5. New Zealand
More than 15% of the adult population in New Zealand
goes for the college education. The country spends more
than 7% of its GDP in education sector and has the
literacy rate as high as 39%. Country not only provides
the quality education to its people but also the
opportunity to foreigners and other students to do their
Masters or Ph.D. degree from their universities. Literacy
rate in New Zealand is flourishing day by day with the
advancement in science and technology.
4. United State of America
Everyone knows that America is ruling the today’s world
through its strongest economy. There is a criterion that
makes the country to be listed up among the most
literate countries of the world and USA almost fulfills all
of them. There are institutes that are famous all over the
world and are regarded as the best universities all
around the globe. Though there is a gradual increase in
the population in USA but the government has managed
to provide the secondary and tertiary education to its
people. The rate is about 43% and the expenditure in
education sector is almost 7% of the total GDP.
3. Japan
Japan is among the countries with highest population
but it has managed to maintain sustainability and
development through education and made its place
among the top 3 countries with high literacy rate in the
world. The percentage of literate population is about
45.98%. Japan also spends about 5% of its GDP in
education sector. Over and at the age of 15 every
Japanese individual is able to read and write. It is worth
mentioning Japan is among most developed country in
Asia due to its literacy rate.
2. Israel
Israeli individual has the ability to read and write at and
above the age of 15 years. Israel is well aware of the
importance of education so spends almost 7.5% of its
GDP in education sector. The literacy rate is almost 46%
. The government provides the opportunity to the youth
to join the military at the age of 18-21 both male and
female. Israel is the country with continually increasing
literacy rate as the colleges and universities are
accredited by their country’s higher education
commission. The government provides the students with
scholarships so they may pursue their higher education.
With the increasing literacy rate the development rate is
also increasing in Israel.
1. Canada
Canada is the country with highest literacy rate in the
world that is almost 51.3%. This rate made it the most
educated nation of the current era. Canadian government
spends a sufficient amount of their GDP almost 6.6% in
education sector and still has a very strong economy.
There are many well-known institutes in Canada that
provides the quality education whether it’s primary,
secondary or tertiary. The government tries to provide
the career and skill based education to its people so that
no one remains jobless to be the burden on family,
society or even country. This clearly indicates the reason
of low poverty rate and high development rate in
Canada. At the age of 6 its people have the ability to read and write.
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