| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
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) |
27 | Hungary | 99.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.5%
female: 99.3% (2003 est.) |
28 | Croatia | 99.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97.1% (2001 census) |
29 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (1999 census) |
30 | Turkmenistan | 99.30 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.) |
31 | Albania | 99.20 | definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.3% (2001 census) |
32 | Korea, South | 99.20 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002) |
33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.10 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.) |
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