Access to Education examines how wide-ranging access to, and enrolment in, education is. This includes access across genders and the literacy rate amongst adults and youth.
Indicators – adult literacy rate, youth literacy rate, Gini coefficient of education distribution, girls to boys enrolment ratio
Bangladesh improved fastest in Asia-Pacific in this sub-pillar in 2017, following significant growth in the adult literacy rate among its citizens.
Armenia improved significantly due to growth in girls/boys primary enrolment ratio.
Despite ranking first in the world for in Education, Switzerland is 71st for this sub-pillar, because education is unevenly distributed among its citizens.