female: 96.7% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 78.6%

male: 82.2%

female: 74.9% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 97%

male: 99%

female: 96% (1989 est.)

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