| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
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% (2004) |
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) |
23 | Lithuania | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.6% female: 99.6% (2001 census) |
24 | Samoa | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
25 | Uzbekistan | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.6% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
26 | Azerbaijan | 99.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (1999 census) |