male: 80.8%

female: 89.1% (1995 est.)

Japan:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99% (1970 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: 86.6%

male: 93.4%

female: 79.4% (1995 est.)

Kazakhstan:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 96% (1989 est.)

Kenya:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 78.1%

male: 86.3%

female: 70% (1995 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% (1990 est.)

Korea, South:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: 99.3%

female: 96.7% (1995 est.)

Kuwait:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 78.6%

male: 82.2%

female: 74.9% (1995 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: 57%

male: 70%

female: 44% (1999 est.)

Latvia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 100%

male: 100%

female: 99% (1989 est.)

Lebanon:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 86.4%

male: 90.8%

female: 82.2% (1997 est.)

Lesotho:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 83%

male: 72%

female: 93% (1999 est.)

Liberia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 38.3%

male: 53.9%

female: 22.4% (1995 est.)

note: these figures are increasing because of the improving school
system

Libya:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 76.2%

male: 87.9%

female: 63% (1995 est.)

Liechtenstein:
definition: age 10 and over can read and write

total population: 100%

male: 100%

female: 100% (1981 est.)

Lithuania:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total