population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 98% (1989 est.)

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

total population: 100%

male: 100%

female: 100% (2000 est.)

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

total population: 90%

male: 93%

female: 86% (1981 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

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

total population: 80%

male: 88%

female: 73% (1990 est.)

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

total population: 58%

male: 72.8%

female: 43.4% (1999 est.)

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

total population: 83.5%

male: 89.1%

female: 78.1% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 93.2%

male: 93.3%

female: 93% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 31%

male: 39.4%

female: 23.1% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 88.76%

male: 86.91%

female: 89.55% (1995 census)

Man, Isle of:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

Marshall Islands:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 93%

male: 100%

female: 88% (1980 est.)

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

total population: 93%

male: 92%

female: 93% (1982 est.)

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

total population: 46.7%

male: 53.4%

female: 40% (1998 est.)

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

total population: 82.9%

male: 87.1%

female: 78.8% (1995 est.)

Mayotte:
definition: NA

total population: NA%

male: NA%

female: NA%

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

total population: 89.6%

male: 91.8%

female: 87.4% (1995 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
definition: age 15 and over can
read and write

total population: 89%

male: 91%

female: 88% (1980 est.)

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

total population: 96%

male: 99%