Country ranking for field: literacy 1999

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This entry includes a definition of literacy and UNESCO's percentage estimates for populations aged 15 years and over, including total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of Gheos World Guide. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.

1	Andorra	0
2	Monaco	NA
3	West Bank	NA
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	NA
5	Tuvalu	NA; note_education is free and compulsory from ages 6 through 13
6	Solomon Islands	NA
7	Slovakia	NA
8	Serbia and Montenegro	NA
9	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	definition:age 15 and over can read and write; total population:99%; male:99%; female:99%
10	Réunion	definition:age 15 and over can read and write; total population:79%; male:76%; female:80%
11	Netherlands Antilles	definition:age 15 and over can read and write; total population:98%; male:98%; female:99%
12	Nauru	NA
13	Mayotte	NA
14	Aruba	NA
15	Kiribati	NA
16	Jersey	NA
17	Isle of Man	NA
18	Guernsey	NA
19	Greenland	NA; note:similar to Denmark proper
20	Gaza Strip	NA
21	French Guiana	definition:age 15 and over can read and write; total population:83%; male:84%; female:82%
22	Faroe Islands	NA
23	Eritrea	NA
24	Cook Islands	NA
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA
26	Western Sahara	NA

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