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[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users

But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE.