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

total population: 70.8%

male: 85.7%

female: 55.8% (1997 est.)

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

total population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 97% (1989 est.)

Tanzania:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili
(Swahili), English, or Arabic

total population: 67.8%