ation: 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: 97%

male: 97%

female: 97% (1971 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: 73%

male: 85%

female: 62% (1991 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 62.8%

male: 71.5%

female: 50.2% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 33.1%

male: 43%

female: 23.2% (1995 est.)

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: 93.5%

male: 97%

female: 89.8% (1999)

Slovakia:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Slovenia:
definition: NA

total population: 99%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Solomon Islands:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

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

total population: 24%

male: 36%

female: 14% (1990 est.)

South Africa:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 81.8%

male: 81.9%

female: 81.7% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 97%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Sri Lanka:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 90.2%

male: 93.4%

female: 87.2% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 46.1%