South Asia's youth literacy has overtaken Sub-Saharan Africa's

So what

Human capital is diverging between the world's two youngest labour pools: almost all South Asian 15–24 year-olds can now read, against four in five in Sub-Saharan Africa. That gap compounds Africa's demographic dividend risk, since the region will supply most new workers this century. For employers, South Asia's literate young workforce is the nearer-term talent pool.