| Rank | Country | female | Literacy |
34 | Iceland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
35 | Ireland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
36 | Japan | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002) |
37 | Korea, North | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1991 est.) |
38 | Monaco | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
39 | Netherlands | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
40 | New Zealand | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
41 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1982 est.) |
42 | Sweden | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
43 | Switzerland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
44 | Tonga | 99.00 | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 98.9% male: 98.8% female: 99% (1999 est.) |
45 | United Kingdom | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |