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Country
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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.)
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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.)
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|
Anguilla
|
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95% (1984 est.)
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|
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.)
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|
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
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 45.7%
male: 59.8%
female: 30.6% (2003 est.)
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Palau
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)
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Panama
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 93.2%
female: 91.9% (2003 est.)
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Papua New Guinea
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66%
male: 72.3%
female: 59.3% (2003 est.)
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Paraguay
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.9%
female: 93% (2003 est.)
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Peru
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.2%
female: 86.8% (2003 est.)
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Philippines
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.9%
male: 96%
female: 95.8% (2003 est.)
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Pitcairn Islands
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NA
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Poland
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
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Portugal
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.)
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Puerto Rico
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 93.7%
female: 94.4% (2002)
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Qatar
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.5%
male: 81.4%
female: 85% (2003 est.)
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Reunion
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.9%
male: 87%
female: 90.8% (2003 est.)
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Romania
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003 est.)
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Russia
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.)
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Rwanda
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.)
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Saint Helena
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definition: age 20 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1987 est.)
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1980 est.)
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Saint Lucia
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 67%
male: 65%
female: 69% (1980 est.)
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1982 est.)
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 96%
male: 96%
female: 96% (1970 est.)
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Samoa
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
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San Marino
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definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95% (1976 est.)
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Sao Tome and Principe
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.3%
male: 85%
female: 62% (1991 est.)
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Saudi Arabia
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 78.8%
male: 84.7%
female: 70.8% (2003 est.)
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Senegal
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 40.2%
male: 50%
female: 30.7% (2003 est.)
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Serbia and Montenegro
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 97.2%
female: 88.9% (1991)
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Seychelles
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58%
male: 56%
female: 60% (1971 est.)
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Sierra Leone
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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.)
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Singapore
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.2%
male: 96.7%
female: 89.7% (2003 est.)
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Slovakia
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definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Slovenia
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definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
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Solomon Islands
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definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Somalia
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.)
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South Africa
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.)
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Spain
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.)
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Sri Lanka
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.3%
male: 94.8%
female: 90% (2003 est.)
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Sudan
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
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Suriname
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 95%
female: 91% (1995 est.)
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Svalbard
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NA
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Swaziland
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.6%
male: 82.6%
female: 80.8% (2003 est.)
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Sweden
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Switzerland
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1980 est.)
male:
female:
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Syria
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 64% (2003 est.)
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Taiwan
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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)
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Tajikistan
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.1% (2003 est.)
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Tanzania
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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.)
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Thailand
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97.5%
female: 94.6% (2003 est.)
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Togo
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
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Tokelau
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NA
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Tonga
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definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 98.5%
male: 98.4%
female: 98.7% (1996 est.)
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Trinidad and Tobago
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.)
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Tunisia
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.2%
male: 84%
female: 64.4% (2003 est.)
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Turkey
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003 est.)
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Turkmenistan
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.)
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Tuvalu
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definition: NA%
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Uganda
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.5%
female: 60.4% (2003 est.)
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Ukraine
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
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United Kingdom
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definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
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United States
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1979 est.)
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Uruguay
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.)
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Uzbekistan
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.3%
male: 99.6%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
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Vanuatu
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 53%
male: 57%
female: 48% (1979 est.)
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Venezuela
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.4%
male: 93.8%
female: 93.1% (2003 est.)
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Vietnam
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 95.8%
female: 92.3% (2003 est.)
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Virgin Islands
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definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Wallis and Futuna
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.)
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West Bank
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definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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Western Sahara
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definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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World
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77%
male: 83%
female: 71% (1995 est.)
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Yemen
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)
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Zambia
|
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
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