female: 70.3% (1991 est.)

note: other sources list the literacy rate as high as 75%

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

total population: 37.5%

male: 52.2%

female: 23.6% (2000)

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

total population: 98%

male: 98%

female: 99% (1970 est.)