| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
45 | Ireland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
46 | Japan | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002) |
47 | Korea, North | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% |
48 | Monaco | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
49 | Netherlands | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
50 | New Zealand | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
51 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1982 est.) |
52 | Sweden | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
53 | Switzerland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
54 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% (1970 est.) |
55 | 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.) |
56 | United States | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
57 | Cyprus | 98.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.6% male: 98.9% female: 96.3% (2001 census) |
58 | Serbia | 98.90 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 98.9% female: 94.1% (2003 census) note: includes Montenegro |
59 | Italy | 98.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.8% female: 98% (2001 census) |
60 | Tonga | 98.80 | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 98.9% male: 98.8% female: 99% (1999 est.) |
61 | Bulgaria | 98.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.7% female: 97.7% (2001 census) |
62 | Spain | 98.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 98.7% female: 97.2% (2003 est.) |
63 | Israel | 98.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.1% male: 98.5% female: 95.9% (2004 est.) |
64 | Romania | 98.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 98.4% female: 96.3% (2002 census) |
65 | Macedonia | 98.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 98.2% female: 94.1% (2002 census) |
66 | American Samoa | 98.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.) |