write

total population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 98% (1999)

Burkina Faso:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 19.2%

male: 29.5%

female: 9.2% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 83.1%

male: 88.7%

female: 77.7% (1995 est.)

note: these are official statistics; estimates of functional
literacy are likely closer to 30% (1999 est.)

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

total population: 35.3%

male: 49.3%

female: 22.5% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 35%

male: 48%

female: 22% (1990 est.)

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

total population: 63.4%

male: 75%

female: 52.1% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 97% (1986 est.)

male: NA%

female: NA%

Cape Verde:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 71.6%

male: 81.4%

female: 63.8% (1995 est.)

Cayman Islands:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

total population: 98%

male: 98%

female: 98% (1970 est.)

Central African Republic:
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write

total population: 60%

male: 68.5%

female: 52.4% (1995 est.)

Chad:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or
Arabic

total population: 48.1%

male: 62.1%

female: 34.7% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 95.2%

male: 95.4%

female: 95% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 81.5%

male: 89.9%

female: 72.7% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 91.3%

male: 91.2%

female: 91.4% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 57.3%

male: 64.2%

female: 50.4% (1995 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
definition: age 15 and over can
read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba

total population: 77.3%

male: 86.6%

female: 67.7% (1995 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
definition: age 15 and over can rea