List of Countries by Literacy Rate
List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005. Rank Country Literacy Rate 1 Australia 99.9 1 Austria 99.9 1 Belgium 99.9 1 Canada 99.9 1 Czech Republic 99.9 1 Denmark 99.9 1 Finland 99.9 1 France 99.9 1 Georgia 99.9 1 Germany 99.9 1 Iceland 99.9 1 Ireland 99.9 1 Japan 99.9 1 Luxembourg 99.9 1 Netherlands 99.9 1 New Zealand 99.9 1 Norway 99.9 1 Sweden 99.9 1 Switzerland 99.9 1 United States 99.9 1 United Kingdom 99.9 21 Estonia 99.8 22 Trinidad and Tobago 99.7 23 Barbados 99.7 23 Latvia 99.7 23 Poland 99.7 23 Slovenia 99.7 27 Belarus 99.6 27 Lithuania 99.6 27 Slovakia 99.6 30 Kazakhstan 99.5 30 Tajikistan 99.5 32 Armenia 99.4 32 Russian Federation 99.4 32 Ukraine 99.4 35 Hungary 99.3 35 Uzbekistan 99.3 37 Tonga 98.9 38 Azerbaijan 98.8 38 Turkmenistan 98.8 40 Albania 98.7 40 Kyrgyzstan 98.7 40 Samoa 98.7 43 Italy 98.5 45 Bulgaria 98.2 46 ...