| Rank | Country | Literacy |
207 | Senegal | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39.3%
male: 51.1%
female: 29.2% (2002 est.) |
77 | Serbia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 98.9%
female: 94.1% (2003 census)
note: includes Montenegro |
116 | Seychelles | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.8%
male: 91.4%
female: 92.3% (2002 census) |
209 | Sierra Leone | definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 35.1%
male: 46.9%
female: 24.4% (2004 est.) |
108 | Singapore | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 96.6%
female: 88.6% (2000 census) |
| Sint Maarten | void |
18 | Slovakia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2004) |
15 | Slovenia | definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2000 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | NA |
208 | Somalia | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.) |
138 | South Africa | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.) |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | void |
214 | South Sudan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 27%
male: 40%
female: 16% |
| Southern Ocean | void |
63 | Spain | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.) |
| Spratly Islands | void |
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