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Students in grade 2 who can't read a single word, 2015

Percent of grade 2 students who cannot read a single word of a short text. In some cases estimates correspond to selected regions and are therefore not necessarily
nationally representative (see source for details).

0%20%40%60%80%Malawi90%India85.4%Ghana83%Uganda64%Zambia56%Yemen42%Nepal37%Iraq34%Morocco33%Liberia31%Tanzania28%Jordan11%

Source: World Development Report, Shortfalls in Learning (2018)