| 1. | Distribution of Global Adult Illiterate Population (15 and over) by Region, 2005-2007
(Total Number of Adult Illiterate Population: 775 millions) 
"More than two-thirds of the world's adult illiterates live in Asia and the Pacific Region." |
| 2. | Distribution of Global Adult Illiterate Population (15 and over) by Gender, 2005-2007
(Total Number of Adult Illiterate Population: 775 millions) 
"Women continue to constitute the majority of the illiterate." |
| 3. | Number of Adult Illiterate Population (15 and over) by Region and Gender, 2005-2007 |
| 4. | Distribution of Adult Illiterate population (15 and over) by country, 2005-2007
"Three fifths of the world's illiterate population live in 6 Asian countries." |
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| Note: | The above Excel data sheets include figures, data sources and explanation notes of the graphs shown in this page. |
[Updated in January 2009]
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