male: 57.7%

female: 34.6% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 93%

male: 95%

female: 91% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 76.7%

male: 78%

female: 75.6% (1995 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: NA%

female: NA%

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

total population: 70.8%

male: 85.7%

female: 55.8% (1997 est.)

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

total population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 97% (1989 est.)

Tanzania:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili
(Swahili), English, or Arabic

total population: 67.8%

male: 79.4%

female: 56.8% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 93.8%

male: 96%

female: 91.6% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 51.7%

male: 67%

female: 37% (1995 est.)

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: 97.9%

male: 98.8%

female: 97% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 66.7%

male: 78.6%

female: 54.6% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 85%

male: 94%

female: 77% (2000)

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: 61.8%

male: 73.7%

female: 50.2% (1995 est.)

Ukraine:
definition: age 1