Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
Kofi Annan 1997
This map shows the number of young men that would need to be educated to reach the same literacy rates as young women in each territory.
The biggest gaps between male and female literacy are in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Brazil. In Bangladesh, when the number of illiterate girls is subtracted from illiterate boys, the result is almost 1 million ‘extra’ boys who cannot read or write; which is roughly 6% of all men aged 15-24 there.
The most ‘extra’ male illiteracy in Africa it is in Kenya, Guinea and South Africa; in Eastern Europe it is in Ukraine and Hungary; in South America it is in Colombia, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
