| Rank | Country | total population | 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 | Cuba | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census) |
10 | Estonia | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2000 census) |
11 | Poland | 99.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
12 | Barbados | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.) |
13 | Latvia | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2000 census) |
14 | Samoa | 99.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
15 | Slovenia | 99.70 | definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% |
16 | Belarus | 99.60 | 
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.4% (2006 est.) |
17 | Lithuania | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.6% (2001 census) |
18 | Slovakia | 99.60 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2001 est.) |
19 | Kazakhstan | 99.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
20 | Tajikistan | 99.50 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2000 census) |
21 | Armenia | 99.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census) |
22 | Hungary | 99.40 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.5%
female: 99.3% (2003 est.) |
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