Whereas 7 of the 9 richest countries have literacy rates of 100 percent (the other 2 have rates of 96 and 97 percent), the 18 poorest countries have literacy rates ranging between a high of 81 percent and a low of 16 percent, with 10 of them under 50 percent.
Kui 9 - st rikkamast riigist 7 - s on kirjaoskajate protsent 100 (ülejäänud kahes vastavalt 96 ja 97), siis 18 vaeseimas riigis kõigub kirjaoskus 81 ja 16 protsendi vahel, kusjuures neist 10 - s on see alla 50 protsendi.