UNESCO findings illuminate the potential of mobile reading (stay tuned for a new resource!)
774 million people worldwide -- more than double the population of the United States -- cannot read and write.
Illiteracy is rampant, but it is also highly concentrated in a few countries, where poverty, conflict, and poor health care often complicate efforts to provide education. For example, in Sub-Saharan Africa, the number of illiterate people has increased by 40% since 2000, despite significant gains in other global regions.