| Rank | Country | female | Literacy |
12 | Latvia | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2000 census) |
13 | Poland | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
14 | Samoa | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
15 | Lithuania | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.6% female: 99.6% (2001 census) |
16 | Slovakia | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2004) |
17 | Slovenia | 99.60 | definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2000 est.) |
18 | Belarus | 99.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.4% (1999 census) |
19 | Hungary | 99.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.5% female: 99.3% (2003 est.) |
20 | Kazakhstan | 99.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.8% female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
21 | Armenia | 99.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census) |
22 | Russia | 99.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census) |