| Rank | Country | Literacy |
53 | Italy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census) |
131 | Jamaica | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
| Jan Mayen | void |
37 | Japan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002) |
| Jersey | NA |
125 | Jordan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 84.7% (2003 est.) |
19 | Kazakhstan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
141 | Kenya | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 90.6%
female: 79.7% (2003 est.) |
| Kiribati | NA |
38 | Korea, North | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1991 est.) |
62 | Korea, South | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002) |
113 | Kosovo | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.6%
female: 87.5% (2007 Census) |
100 | Kuwait | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 94.4%
female: 91% (2005 census) |
51 | Kyrgyzstan | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (1999 census) |
165 | Laos | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73%
male: 83%
female: 63% (2005 Census) |
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