The table illustrates the proportion of education level by continents and gender between 2000 to 2004.
Overall, the Euporean country has higher literacy rate compared to other continents. Whereas, African region has lower education status than other region but the percentage of African male were highly literate as compared to female.
The global literacy rate was 82.2% of this the literacy rate was higher in European region which accounted for 98.8% where male and female literacy rate was 99.2% and 98.5% respectively. The second most highest literate region was America with total 93.6% closely followed by Ocenia with 93.4%.
Asian continents education status was 79.3% where the male and female literacy rate was 85.9% and 72.4%. African region was the lowest literacy rate continents among all other region which accounted for 62.5% with male and female literacy rate was 71.6% and 53.9%. In all the continents the literacy rate of male was higher as compared to female.
