5 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: 100%

female: 97% (1989 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 79.2%

male: 78.9%

female: 79.8% (1995 est.)

United Kingdom:
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or
more years of schooling

total population: 99% (1978 est.)

male: NA%

female: NA%

United States:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 97%

male: 97%

female: 97% (1979 est.)

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

total population: 97.3%

male: 96.9%

female: 97.7% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 99%

male: 99%

female: 99% (yearend 1996)

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

total population: 53%

male: 57%

female: 48% (1979 est.)

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

total population: 91.1%

male: 91.8%

female: 90.3% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 93.7%

male: 96.5%

female: 91.2% (1995 est.)

Virgin Islands:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Wallis and Futuna:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 50%

male: 50%

female: 50% (1969 est.)

West Bank:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Western Sahara:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

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

total population: 38%

male: 53%

female: 26% (1990 est.)

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

total population: 93%

male: 97.2%

female: 88.9% (1991)

Zambia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English

total population: 78.2%

male: 85.6%

female: 71.3% (1995 est.)

Zimbabwe:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English

total population: 85%

male: 90%

female: 80% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 86% (1980 est.); note - literacy for the total
population has reportedly increased to 94% (1998 est.)

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