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Question Type Key:
- 1: Uses a question such as 'Do you have disability?'
- 2: Use a list of medical conditions
- 3: Uses a question on functional limitations, i.e. what a person can or cannot do
- 4: Used the Washington Group Questions in some way that is not recommended
- 5: Used the Washington Group Questions as recommended
4.6.1(a.1): Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, by sex (below 25 years)
People with disabilities
Country
People without disabilities
31%
Bangladesh
Question Type: 5
61%
21%
Burkina Faso
Question Type: 1
25%
84%
Costa Rica
Question Type: 2
90%
78%
Dominican Republic
Question Type: 4
79%
79%
Ecuador
Question Type: 1
93%
44%
Egypt
Question Type: 2
89%
57%
El Salvador
Question Type: 3
86%
37%
Ethiopia
Question Type: 3
47%
79%
Ghana
Question Type: 1
88%
55%
India
Question Type: 1
No Data
36%
Iraq
Question Type: 1
77%
51%
Jordan
Question Type: 1
97%
58%
Liberia
Question Type: 5
68%
51%
Malawi
Question Type: 5
55%
44%
Mali
Question Type: 5
46%
69%
Mexico
Question Type: 3
90%
33%
Mozambique
Question Type: 1
47%
36%
Nigeria
Question Type: 5
64%
74%
Panama
Question Type: 1
98%
63%
Philippines
Question Type: 1
83%
96%
Rwanda
Question Type: 5
97%
42%
Sierra Leone
Question Type: 1
50%
38%
South Sudan
Question Type: 5
35%
39%
Tanzania
Question Type: 5
66%
15.64%
Thailand
Question Type: 2
9.99%
69%
Uruguay
Question Type: 4
100%
60%
Venezuela
Question Type: 1
82%
34%
Vietnam
Question Type: 5
93%
52%
Zambia
Question Type: 1
64%