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Lower middle income
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, West Bank and Gaza leads Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2024 at 98, while Nigeria sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 70. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.549.073.597.9West Bank and GazaWest Bank and Gaza: 9897.9BoliviaBolivia: 9796.7LesothoLesotho: 9090.4HondurasHonduras: 8888.3IndiaIndia: 7878.2ZambiaZambia: 7271.8NigeriaNigeria: 7070.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 West Bank and Gaza 98
2 Bolivia 97
3 Lesotho 90
4 Honduras 88
5 India 78
6 Zambia 72
7 Nigeria 70

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2024, West Bank and Gaza leads with a gap of 1 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 7 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Nigeria at 70.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.