| Rank | Country | male | Literacy |
40 | Denmark | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
41 | France | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
42 | Germany | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
43 | Guam | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1990 est.) |
44 | Iceland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
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.) |