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- World
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.1%
male: 88.6%
female: 79.7%
note: almost three-quarters of the world's 775 million illiterate adults are found in only ten countries (in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (2010 est.) - Taiwan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: NA
female: NA (2003)
A
- Afghanistan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.1%
male: 43.1%
female: 12.6% (2000 est.) - Albania
- definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 96.8%
male: 98%
female: 95.7% (2011 est.) - Algeria
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 72.6%
male: 81.3%
female: 63.9% (2006 est.) - American Samoa
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97% (1980 est.) - Andorra
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% - Angola
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 82.6%
female: 58.6% (2011 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: 99%
male: 98.4%
female: 99.4% (2011 est.) - Argentina
- definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 97.8%
female: 97.9% (2011 est.) - Armenia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2011 est.) - Aruba
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.8%
male: 96.9%
female: 96.7% (2010 est.) - Australia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 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: 99.8%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.7% (2010 census)
B
- 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: 94.6%
male: 96.1%
female: 91.6% (2010 est.) - Bangladesh
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.7%
male: 62%
female: 53.4% (2011 est.) - Barbados
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.) - Belarus
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.5% (2009 est.) - Belgium
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Belize
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 76.7%
female: 77.1% (2000 census) - Benin
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.4%
male: 55.2%
female: 30.3% (2010 census) - Bermuda
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99% (2005 est.) - Bhutan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.8%
male: 65%
female: 38.7% (2005 est.) - Bolivia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.2%
male: 95.8%
female: 86.8% (2009 est.) - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99.5%
female: 96.7% (2011 est.) - Botswana
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 84.6%
female: 85.6% (2011 est.) - Brazil
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2010 est.) - British Virgin Islands
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: NA
female: NA (1991 est.) - Brunei
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97%
female: 93.9% (2011 est.) - Bulgaria
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.7%
female: 98% (2011 est.) - Burkina Faso
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.7%
male: 36.7%
female: 21.6% (2007 est.) - Burma
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.7%
male: 95.1%
female: 90.4% (2011 est.) - Burundi
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.2%
male: 72.9%
female: 61.8% (2010 est.)
C
- Cabo Verde
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 80.3% (2011 est.) - Cambodia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.9%
male: 82.8%
female: 65.9% (2009 est.) - Cameroon
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.3%
male: 78.3%
female: 64.8% (2010 est.) - Canada
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Cayman Islands
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 99% (2007 est.) - Central African Republic
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.6%
male: 69.6%
female: 44.2% (2011 est.) - Chad
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 35.4%
male: 45.6%
female: 25.4% (2011 est.) - Chile
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 98.6%
female: 98.5% (2009 est.) - China
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.1%
male: 97.5%
female: 92.7% (2010 est.) - Christmas Island
- NA
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- NA
- Colombia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.6%
male: 93.5%
female: 93.7% (2011 est.) - Comoros
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 75.5%
male: 80.5%
female: 70.6% (2011 est.) - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 66.8%
male: 76.9%
female: 57% (2010 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: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: NA
female: NA - Costa Rica
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.3%
male: 96%
female: 96.5% (2011 est.) - Cote d'Ivoire
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.9%
male: 65.6%
female: 47.6% (2011 est.) - Croatia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.9%
male: 99.5%
female: 98.3% (2011 est.) - Cuba
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2011 est.) - Cyprus
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (2011 est.) - Czech Republic
- definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2011 est.)
D
- Denmark
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - 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: 90.1%
male: 90%
female: 90.2% (2011 est.)
E
- Ecuador
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.6%
male: 93.1%
female: 90.2% (2011 est.) - Egypt
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.9%
male: 81.7%
female: 65.8% (2012 est.) - El Salvador
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.5%
male: 87.1%
female: 82.3% (2010 est.) - Equatorial Guinea
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.2%
male: 97.1%
female: 91.1% (2011 est.) - Eritrea
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 79.5%
female: 59% (2011 est.) - Estonia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2011 est.) - Ethiopia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39%
male: 49.1%
female: 28.9% (2007 est.)
F
- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- NA
- Faroe Islands
- NA; note - probably 99%, 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%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.) - France
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - French Polynesia
- definition: age 14 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1977 est.)
G
- Gabon
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 92.3%
female: 85.6% (2011 est.) - Gambia, The
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.1%
male: 60.9%
female: 41.9% (2011 est.) - Gaza Strip
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.3%
male: 97.9%
female: 92.6%
note: estimates are for the Palestinian Territories (2011 est.) - Georgia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2011 est.) - Germany
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Ghana
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.5%
male: 78.3%
female: 65.3% (2010 est.) - Gibraltar
- definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA
female: NA - Greece
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.3%
male: 98.4%
female: 96.3% (2011 est.) - Greenland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.) - Grenada
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: NA
female: NA (2003 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: 75.9%
male: 81.2%
female: 71.1% (2011 est.) - Guernsey
- NA
- Guinea
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 41%
male: 52%
female: 30% (2010 est.) - Guinea-Bissau
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 55.3%
male: 68.9%
female: 42.1% (2011 est.) - Guyana
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 91.8%
male: 92%
female: 91.6% (2002 Census)
H
- Haiti
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.7%
male: 53.4%
female: 44.6% (2006 est.) - Holy See (Vatican City)
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% - Honduras
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 85.3%
female: 84.9% (2011 est.) - Hong Kong
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 93.5%
male: 96.9%
female: 89.6% (2002) - Hungary
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.9% (2011 est.)
I
- Iceland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - India
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.8%
male: 75.2%
female: 50.8% (2006 est.) - Indonesia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 95.6%
female: 90.1% (2011 est.) - Iran
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85%
male: 89.3%
female: 80.7% (2008 est.) - Iraq
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 78.5%
male: 86%
female: 71.2% (2011 est.) - Ireland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Isle of Man
- NA
- Israel
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 98.5%
female: 95.9% (2004 est.) - Italy
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.7% (2011 est.)
J
- Jamaica
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87%
male: 82.1%
female: 91.8% (2011 est.) - Japan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002) - Jersey
- NA
- Jordan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.9%
male: 97.7%
female: 93.9% (2011 est.)
K
- Kazakhstan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2009 est.) - Kenya
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 90.6%
female: 84.2% (2010 est.) - Kiribati
- NA
- Korea, North
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2008 est.) - Korea, South
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002) - Kosovo
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.6%
female: 87.5% (2007 Census) - Kuwait
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.9%
male: 95%
female: 91.8% (2008 est.) - Kyrgyzstan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.2%
male: 99.5%
female: 99% (2009 est.)
L
- Laos
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 72.7%
male: 82.5%
female: 63.2% (2005 est.) - Latvia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2011 est.) - Lebanon
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 93.4%
female: 86% (2007 est.) - Lesotho
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 83.3%
female: 95.6% (2010 est.) - Liberia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.8%
male: 64.8%
female: 56.8% (2010 est.) - Libya
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.5%
male: 95.8%
female: 83.3% (2011 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: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2011 est.) - Luxembourg
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.)
M
- Macau
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 97.8%
female: 93.7% (2011 est.) - Macedonia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.4%
male: 98.7%
female: 96% (2011 est.) - Madagascar
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 64.5%
male: 67.4%
female: 61.6% (2009 est.) - Malawi
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.8%
male: 81.1%
female: 68.5% (2010 est.) - Malaysia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.1%
male: 95.4%
female: 90.7% (2010 est.) - Maldives
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.4%
female: 98.4% (2006 est.) - Mali
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 33.4%
male: 43.1%
female: 24.6% (2011 est.) - Malta
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 91.2%
female: 93.5% (2005 est.) - Marshall Islands
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 93.6%
female: 93.7% (1999) - Mauritania
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 65.3%
female: 52% (2011 est.) - Mauritius
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.8%
male: 91.1%
female: 86.7% (2011 est.) - Mexico
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.5%
male: 94.8%
female: 92.3% (2011 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%
male: 99.5%
female: 98.5% (2011 est.) - Monaco
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Mongolia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.4%
male: 96.8%
female: 97.9% (2011 est.) - Montenegro
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.4%
female: 97.6% (2011 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: 67.1%
male: 76.1%
female: 57.6% (2011 est.) - Mozambique
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.1%
male: 70.8%
female: 42.8% (2010 est.)
N
- Namibia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.8%
male: 89%
female: 88.5% (2010 est.) - Nauru
- NA
- Nepal
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.4%
male: 71.1%
female: 46.7% (2011 est.) - Netherlands
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - New Caledonia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.8%
female: 95.5% (1996 census) - New Zealand
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Nicaragua
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 78%
male: 78.1%
female: 77.9% (2005 est.) - Niger
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.7%
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1% (2005 est.) - Nigeria
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.3%
male: 72.1%
female: 50.4% (2010 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: 100%
female: 100%
O
- Oman
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.9%
male: 90.2%
female: 81.8% (2010 est.)
P
- Pakistan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 54.9%
male: 68.6%
female: 40.3% (2009 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: 94.1%
male: 94.7%
female: 93.5% (2010 est.) - Papua New Guinea
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.4%
male: 65.4%
female: 59.4% (2011 est.) - Paraguay
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.9%
male: 94.8%
female: 92.9% (2010 est.) - Peru
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 84.6% (2007 est.) - Philippines
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 95%
female: 95.8% (2008 est.) - Pitcairn Islands
- NA
- Poland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.6% (2011 est.) - Portugal
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97%
female: 94% (2011 est.) - Puerto Rico
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 89.7%
female: 90.9% (2011 est.)
Q
- Qatar
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.3%
male: 96.5%
female: 95.4% (2010 est.)
R
- Romania
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.7%
male: 98.3%
female: 97.1% (2011 est.) - Russia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2010 est.) - Rwanda
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.1%
male: 74.8%
female: 67.5% (2010 est.)
S
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- 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: 97.8%
male: NA
female: NA (2003 est.) - Saint Lucia
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 90.1%
male: 89.5%
female: 90.6% (2001 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: 98.8%
male: 99%
female: 98.6% (2003 est.) - San Marino
- definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95% - Sao Tome and Principe
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.5%
male: 80.3%
female: 60.1% (2008 est.) - Saudi Arabia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.2%
male: 90.8%
female: 82.2% (2011 est.) - Senegal
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.7%
male: 61.8%
female: 38.7% (2009 est.) - Serbia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.9% (2011 est.) - Seychelles
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.8%
male: 91.4%
female: 92.3% (2011 est.) - Sierra Leone
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 43.3%
male: 54.7%
female: 32.6% (2011 est.) - Singapore
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.9%
male: 98%
female: 93.8% (2010 est.) - Slovakia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2004) - Slovenia
- definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2011 est.) - Solomon Islands
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.1%
male: 88.9%
female: 79.2% - 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: 93%
male: 93.9%
female: 92.2% (2011 est.) - South Sudan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 27%
male: 40%
female: 16% (2009) - Spain
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.7%
male: 98.5%
female: 97% (2010 est.) - Sri Lanka
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.2%
male: 92.6%
female: 90% (2010 census) - Sudan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.9%
male: 80.7%
female: 63.2%
note: pre-secession of South Sudan (2011 est.) - Suriname
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.7%
male: 95.4%
female: 94% (2010 est.) - Svalbard
- NA
- Swaziland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.8%
male: 88.4%
female: 87.3% (2011 est.) - Sweden
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Switzerland
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Syria
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.1%
male: 90.3%
female: 77.7% (2011 est.)
T
- Tajikistan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2011 est.) - Tanzania
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic
total population: 67.8%
male: 75.5%
female: 60.8% (2010 est.) - Thailand
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.5%
male: 95.6%
female: 91.5% (2005 est.) - Timor-Leste
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.3%
male: 63.6%
female: 53% (2010 est.) - Togo
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.4%
male: 74.1%
female: 48% (2011 est.) - Tokelau
- NA
- Tonga
- definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99.1% (2006 est.) - Trinidad and Tobago
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.5% (2011 est.) - Tunisia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.1%
male: 87.4%
female: 71.1% (2010 est.) - Turkey
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 97.9%
female: 90.3% (2011 est.) - Turkmenistan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2011 est.) - Turks and Caicos Islands
- definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.) - Tuvalu
- NA
U
- Uganda
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.2%
male: 82.6%
female: 64.6% (2010 est.) - Ukraine
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2011 est.) - United Arab Emirates
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90%
male: 89.5%
female: 91.5% (2005 est.) - United Kingdom
- definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - United States
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) - Uruguay
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.5% (2010 est.) - Uzbekistan
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.2% (2011 est.)
V
- Vanuatu
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.2%
male: NA 84.9%
female: NA 81.6% (2011 est.) - Venezuela
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.5%
male: 95.7%
female: 95.4% (2009 est.) - Vietnam
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.4%
male: 95.4%
female: 91.4% (2011 est.) - Virgin Islands
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90-95% est.
male: NA
female: NA (2005 est.)
W
- Wallis and Futuna
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.) - West Bank
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.3%
male: 97.9%
female: 92.6%
notes: estimates are for the Palestinian Territories (2011 est.) - Western Sahara
- NA
X
Y
- Yemen
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 65.3%
male: 82.1%
female: 48.5% (2011 est.)
Z
- Zambia
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 61.4%
male: 71.9%
female: 51.8% (2007 est.) - Zimbabwe
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 83.6%
male: 87.8%
female: 80.1% (2011 est.)