| Rank | Country | total population | Literacy |
40 | Netherlands | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
41 | New Zealand | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
42 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1982 est.) |
43 | Sweden | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
44 | Switzerland | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
45 | 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.) |
46 | United States | 99.00 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
47 | Tonga | 98.90 | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 98.9%
male: 98.8%
female: 99% (1999 est.) |
48 | Azerbaijan | 98.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.5%
female: 98.2% (1999 census) |
49 | Guyana | 98.80 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.1%
female: 98.5% (2003 est.) |
50 | Turkmenistan | 98.80 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.) |
51 | Albania | 98.70 | definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.3% (2001 census) |
52 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.70 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (1999 census) |
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