百分之二十一的美国人是文盲
百分之五十四是准文盲
Reading Below a 6th-Grade Level: About 54% of adults read below a 6th-grade level.
The literacy rate in the United States is approximately 79%, meaning that 79% of adults have literacy skills sufficient for tasks like comparing information, paraphrasing, or making low-level inferences, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). However, a significant portion of the population, about 21%, struggles with these basic literacy tasks, according to the American Library Association (ALA). This translates to roughly 43 million adults who have difficulty with even simple reading tasks.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Functional Illiteracy: Around 21% of U.S. adults are considered functionally illiterate, meaning they struggle with basic reading tasks like completing forms or understanding simple texts.
Low Literacy Skills: Approximately 43 million adults in the U.S. possess low literacy skills.
Reading Below a 6th-Grade Level: About 54% of adults read below a 6th-grade level.
Global Comparison: While the U.S. literacy rate is high compared to some countries, it's lower than many other developed nations.
