male: 78.6%

female: 54.6% (1995 est.)

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

total population: 85%

male: 94%

female: 77% (2000)

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

total population: 98%

male: 99%

female: 97% (1989 est.)