| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
1 | Andorra | 100.00 | definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
2 | Finland | 100.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.) |
3 | Georgia | 100.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2004 est.) |
4 | Greenland | 100.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2001 est.) |
5 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 100.00 | definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
6 | Liechtenstein | 100.00 | definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
7 | Luxembourg | 100.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.) |
8 | Norway | 100.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% |
9 | Belarus | 99.80 |  definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.4% (2006 est.) |
10 | Cuba | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2002 census) |
11 | Estonia | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2000 census) |
12 | Kazakhstan | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.8% female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
13 | Latvia | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2000 census) |
14 | Poland | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
15 | Armenia | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census) |
16 | Barbados | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.) |
17 | Moldova | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.7% female: 98.6% (2005 est.) |
18 | Russia | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census) |
19 | Slovakia | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2001 est.) |
20 | Slovenia | 99.70 | definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% |
21 | Tajikistan | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2000 census) |
22 | Ukraine | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census) |