10% is normal with a life expectancy of just over 80 years. Most kids don't learn to read properly until an age of 8-9.
Only the Vatican has 100% literacy because officially they have no kids (they don't count the ones of the popes personal stash). Check the stats for any developed country, it's around 10%.
According Statistics Sweden , the population is 10,564,484 as of July 2024, so under ten percent. Still not good though.
Ten percent is massive.
Another way of looking at it, 10% of the population is actually just completely unable to contribute to modern society and will suck up resources.
I wonder what would happen if you went even higher than 10%. Like, say... 13%?
Well, half the US is functionally illiterate.
But there is a weird pattern of something between 10 and 13 being 60% for some reason. Strange. Nobody can ever figure out why.
It didn't take much more than 10% of the colonists to rebel and kick off the American Revolution.
10% is normal with a life expectancy of just over 80 years. Most kids don't learn to read properly until an age of 8-9.
Only the Vatican has 100% literacy because officially they have no kids (they don't count the ones of the popes personal stash). Check the stats for any developed country, it's around 10%.