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Literacy (%)
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| Afghanistan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 36%
male: 51%
female: 21% (1999 est.) |
| Albania |
definition: age 9 and over
can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5% (2003 est.) |
| Algeria |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 78.8%
female: 61% (2003 est.) |
| American Samoa |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97% (1980 est.) |
| Andorra |
definition: NA
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Angola |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 42%
male: 56%
female: 28% (1998 est.) |
| Anguilla |
definition: age 12 and
over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95% (1984 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
definition: age 15 and
over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 89%
male: 90%
female: 88% (1960 est.) |
| Argentina |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 97.1%
female: 97.1% (2003 est.) |
| Armenia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.4%
female: 98% (2003 est.) |
| Aruba |
definition:
total population: 97%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Australia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (1980 est.) |
| Austria |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Azerbaijan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 96% (1989 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.) |
| Bahrain |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 89.1%
male: 91.9%
female: 85% (2003 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 43.1%
male: 53.9%
female: 31.8% (2003 est.) |
| Barbados |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 97.4%
male: 98%
female: 96.8% (1995 est.) |
| Belarus |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.) |
| Belgium |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Belize |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 94.1%
female: 94.1% (2003 est.) |
| Benin |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 40.9%
male: 56.2%
female: 26.5% (2000) |
| Bermuda |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99% (1970 est.) |
| Bhutan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 42.2%
male: 56.2%
female: 28.1% (1995 est.) |
| Bolivia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 87.2%
male: 93.1%
female: 81.6% (2003 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Botswana |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 79.8%
male: 76.9%
female: 82.4% (2003 est.) |
| Brazil |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 86.1%
female: 86.6% (2003 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.8% (1991 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Brunei |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 91.8%
male: 94.8%
female: 88.5% (2003 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98.2% (2003 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 26.6%
male: 36.9%
female: 16.6% (2003 est.) |
| Burma |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 83.1%
male: 88.7%
female: 77.7% (1995 est.)
note: these are official statistics; estimates of
functional literacy are likely closer to 30% (1999 est.) |
| Burundi |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 51.6%
male: 58.5%
female: 45.2% (2003 est.) |
| Cambodia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 80.5%
female: 60.3% (2003 est.) |
| Cameroon |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 79%
male: 84.7%
female: 73.4% (2003 est.) |
| Canada |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97% (1986 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Cape Verde |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 76.6%
male: 85.8%
female: 69.2% (2003 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 51%
male: 63.3%
female: 39.9% (2003 est.) |
| Chad |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 47.5%
male: 56%
female: 39.3% (2003 est.) |
| Chile |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.4%
female: 96.1% (2003 est.) |
| China |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 86%
male: 92.9%
female: 78.8% (2003 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
NA |
| Colombia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 92.4%
female: 92.6% (2003 est.) |
| Comoros |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 56.5%
male: 63.6%
female: 49.3% (2003 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 65.5%
male: 76.2%
female: 55.1% (2003 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
definition: NA
total population: 95%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Costa Rica |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 95.9%
female: 96.1% (2003 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 50.9%
male: 57.9%
female: 43.6% (2003 est.) |
| Croatia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.4%
female: 97.8% (2003 est.) |
| Cuba |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97.2%
female: 96.9% (2003 est.) |
| Cyprus |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.6%
male: 98.9%
female: 96.3% (2003 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
definition: NA
total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Denmark |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Djibouti |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 78%
female: 58.4% (2003 est.) |
| Dominica |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 94%
male: 94%
female: 94% (2003 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 84.7%
male: 84.6%
female: 84.8% (2003 est.) |
| East Timor |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 48% (2001)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Ecuador |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 94%
female: 91% (2003 est.) |
| Egypt |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 57.7%
male: 68.3%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.) |
| El Salvador |
definition: age 10 and
over can read and write
total population: 80.2%
male: 82.8%
female: 77.7% (2003 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 85.7%
male: 93.3%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.) |
| Eritrea |
definition: NA
total population: 58.6%
male: 69.9%
female: 47.6% (2003 est.) |
| Estonia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 42.7%
male: 50.3%
female: 35.1% (2003 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
note: probably the same as Denmark proper |
| Fiji |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.9% (2003 est.) |
| Finland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100% (1980 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| France |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980 est.) |
| French Guiana |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 83%
male: 84%
female: 82% (1982 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
definition: age 14 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1977 est.) |
| Gabon |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 40.1%
male: 47.8%
female: 32.8% (2003 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Georgia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 100%
female: 98% (1999 est.) |
| Germany |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (1977 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Ghana |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 74.8%
male: 82.7%
female: 67.1% (2003 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Greece |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.5%
male: 98.6%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.) |
| Greenland |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
note: similar to Denmark proper |
| Grenada |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
| Guadeloupe |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 90%
male: 90%
female: 90% (1982 est.) |
| Guam |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1990 est.) |
| Guatemala |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 70.6%
male: 78%
female: 63.3% (2003 est.) |
| Guernsey |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Guinea |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 35.9%
male: 49.9%
female: 21.9% (1995 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 42.4%
male: 58.1%
female: 27.4% (2003 est.) |
| Guyana |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.1%
female: 98.5% (2003 est.) |
| Haiti |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
definition: NA
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Honduras |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 76.2%
male: 76.1%
female: 76.3% (2003 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 94%
male: 97.1%
female: 90.5% (2003 est.) |
| Hungary |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.5%
female: 99.3% (2003 est.) |
| Iceland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.9% (1997 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| India |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 59.5%
male: 70.2%
female: 48.3% (2003 est.) |
| Indonesia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 88.5%
male: 92.9%
female: 84.1% (2003 est.) |
| Iran |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 79.4%
male: 85.6%
female: 73% (2003 est.) |
| Iraq |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 40.4%
male: 55.9%
female: 24.4% (2003 est.) |
| Ireland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98% (1981 est.)
male: NA
female: NA |
| Israel |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.) |
| Italy |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99%
female: 98.3% (2003 est.) |
| Jamaica |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
| Japan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (1995 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Jersey |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Jordan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.9%
female: 86.3% (2003 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (1999 est.) |
| Kenya |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 90.6%
female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
| Kiribati |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Korea, North |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write Korean
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% |
| Korea, South |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97% (2003 est.) |
| Kuwait |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 83.5%
male: 85.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 96% (1989 est.) |
| Laos |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 52.8%
male: 67.5%
female: 38.1% (2003 est.) |
| Latvia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003 est.) |
| Lebanon |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) |
| Lesotho |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.) |
| Liberia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 57.5%
male: 73.3%
female: 41.6%
note: (2003 est.) |
| Libya |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
definition: age 10 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% |
| Lithuania |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.) |
| Macau |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 94.5%
male: 97.2%
female: 92% (2003 est.) |
| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Madagascar |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 75.5%
female: 62.5% (2003 est.) |
| Malawi |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 76.1%
female: 49.8% (2003 est.) |
| Malaysia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 88.9%
male: 92.4%
female: 85.4% (2003 est.) |
| Maldives |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.2%
male: 97.1%
female: 97.3% (2003 est.) |
| Mali |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 46.4%
male: 53.5%
female: 39.6% (2003 est.) |
| Malta |
definition: age 10 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 92%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.) |
| Man, Isle of |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Marshall Islands |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 93.6%
female: 93.7% (1999) |
| Martinique |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.7%
male: 97.4%
female: 98.1% (2003 est.) |
| Mauritania |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 41.7%
male: 51.8%
female: 31.9% (2003 est.) |
| Mauritius |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 85.6%
male: 88.6%
female: 82.7% (2003 est.) |
| Mayotte |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Mexico |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.2%
male: 94%
female: 90.5% (2003 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 91%
female: 88% (1980 est.) |
| Moldova |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.6%
female: 98.7% (2003 est.) |
| Monaco |
definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Mongolia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.2%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
| Montserrat |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1970 est.) |
| Morocco |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 51.7%
male: 64.1%
female: 39.4% (2003 est.) |
| Mozambique |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7% (2003 est.) |
| Namibia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 84%
male: 84.4%
female: 83.7% (2003 est.) |
| Nauru |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Nepal |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 45.2%
male: 62.7%
female: 27.6% (2003 est.) |
| Netherlands |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Netherlands Antilles |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 96.7%
female: 96.8% (2003 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92%
female: 90% (1976 est.) |
| New Zealand |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (1980 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Nicaragua |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.) |
| Niger |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 17.6%
male: 25.8%
female: 9.7% (2003 est.) |
| Nigeria |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 68%
male: 75.7%
female: 60.6% (2003 est.) |
| Niue |
definition: NA
total population: 95%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Norfolk Island |
NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 96% (1980 est.) |
| Norway |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Oman |
definition: NA
total population: 75.8%
male: 83.1%
female: 67.2% (2003 est.) |
| Pakistan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 45.7%
male: 59.8%
female: 30.6% (2003 est.) |
| Palau |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.) |
| Panama |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 93.2%
female: 91.9% (2003 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 66%
male: 72.3%
female: 59.3% (2003 est.) |
| Paraguay |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.9%
female: 93% (2003 est.) |
| Peru |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.2%
female: 86.8% (2003 est.) |
| Philippines |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 95.9%
male: 96%
female: 95.8% (2003 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
NA |
| Poland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
| Portugal |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 93.7%
female: 94.4% (2002) |
| Qatar |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 82.5%
male: 81.4%
female: 85% (2003 est.) |
| Reunion |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 88.9%
male: 87%
female: 90.8% (2003 est.) |
| Romania |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003 est.) |
| Russia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.) |
| Rwanda |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.) |
| Saint Helena |
definition: age 20 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1987 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1980 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 67%
male: 65%
female: 69% (1980 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1982 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 96%
male: 96%
female: 96% (1970 est.) |
| Samoa |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
| San Marino |
definition: age 10 and
over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95% (1976 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 79.3%
male: 85%
female: 62% (1991 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 78.8%
male: 84.7%
female: 70.8% (2003 est.) |
| Senegal |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 40.2%
male: 50%
female: 30.7% (2003 est.) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 97.2%
female: 88.9% (1991) |
| Seychelles |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 58%
male: 56%
female: 60% (1971 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 31.4%
male: 45.4%
female: 18.2% (1995 est.) |
| Singapore |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93.2%
male: 96.7%
female: 89.7% (2003 est.) |
| Slovakia |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Slovenia |
definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Somalia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.) |
| South Africa |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.) |
| Spain |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 92.3%
male: 94.8%
female: 90% (2003 est.) |
| Sudan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.) |
| Suriname |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 95%
female: 91% (1995 est.) |
| Svalbard |
NA |
| Swaziland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 81.6%
male: 82.6%
female: 80.8% (2003 est.) |
| Sweden |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Switzerland |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99% (1980 est.)
male:
female: |
| Syria |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 64% (2003 est.) |
| Taiwan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 86%
male: 93%
female: 79%
note: literacy for the total population has reportedly
increased to 94% (1998) |
| Tajikistan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.1% (2003 est.) |
| Tanzania |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or
Arabic
total population: 78.2%
male: 85.9%
female: 70.7% (2003 est.) |
| Thailand |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97.5%
female: 94.6% (2003 est.) |
| Togo |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.) |
| Tokelau |
NA |
| Tonga |
definition: can read and
write Tongan and/or English
total population: 98.5%
male: 98.4%
female: 98.7% (1996 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.) |
| Tunisia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 74.2%
male: 84%
female: 64.4% (2003 est.) |
| Turkey |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
definition: age 15 and
over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
definition: NA%
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Uganda |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.5%
female: 60.4% (2003 est.) |
| Ukraine |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
definition: age 15 and
over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| United States |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1979 est.) |
| Uruguay |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 99.3%
male: 99.6%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 53%
male: 57%
female: 48% (1979 est.) |
| Venezuela |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 93.4%
male: 93.8%
female: 93.1% (2003 est.) |
| Vietnam |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 95.8%
female: 92.3% (2003 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Wallis and Futuna |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.) |
| West Bank |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| Western Sahara |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA% |
| World |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 77%
male: 83%
female: 71% (1995 est.) |
| Yemen |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.) |
| Zambia |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.) |