The radial (transversal) anisotropy of the Earth’s upper mantle was found by comparing the velocity sections of transverse waves obtained by inverse of the dispersion curves of Rayleigh and Love waves. Information on variations in anisotropy with depth was obtained from dispersion curves on fairly uniform oceanic paths. In the oceanic mantle the SH wave velocities obtained from the Love wave data is greater than the SV wave velocities determined from Rayleigh waves, so that the anisotropy coefficient is positive and is about 4 % under the Moho boundary and decreases to zero at a depth of about 200 km. The information about the anisotropy of the continents is much more scarce and often contradictory due to a strong lateral inhomogeneity of the crust and upper mantle of the continents. In the European region some authors reveal the zones where VSV>VSH in the upper mantle, whereas some others confirm VSH>VSV to be everywhere. The uncertainty in the observed values of the anisotropy coefficient is explained by th