If we were to go 400 years into the past to Western Europe, which even then, was one of the more literate parts of the planet, you would see that about 15 percent of the population knew how to read.
Se voltarmos 400 anos à Europa Ocidental, que, à época, já era uma das regiões mais letradas do planeta, vocês veriam que em torno de 15% da população sabia ler.