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Results below show data gathered using different question type methodologies and are not strictly comparable. You can filter the data to show countries using the same question type methodology or to only show countries of interest.

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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%