Originally Posted by Webby

Sadly, that is not an achievement or anything to boast about. 97% places the US 55th on literacy rankings (as of 2005)... It's a long scan down to the bottom of the list - but try it, you can learn there are other counties in the world as you scan and perhaps one day you could even point then out on a map..

Australia 99.9
Austria 99.9
Belgium 99.9
Canada 99.9
Czech Republic 99.9
Denmark 99.9
Finland 99.9
France 99.9
Georgia 99.9
Germany 99.9
Iceland 99.9
Ireland 99.9
Japan 99.9
Luxembourg 99.9
Netherlands 99.9
New Zealand 99.9
Norway 99.9
Sweden 99.9
Switzerland 99.9
United Kingdom 99.9
Estonia 99.8
Barbados 99.7
Latvia 99.7
Poland 99.7
Slovenia 99.7
Belarus 99.6
Lithuania 99.6
Slovakia 99.6
Kazakhstan 99.5
Tajikistan 99.5
Armenia 99.4
Russian Federation 99.4
Ukraine 99.4
Hungary 99.3
Uzbekistan 99.3
Tonga 98.9
Azerbaijan 98.8
Turkmenistan 98.8
Albania 98.7
Kyrgyzstan 98.7
Samoa 98.7
Italy 98.5
Trinidad and Tobago 98.5
Bulgaria 98.2
Croatia 98.1
South Korea 97.9
Mongolia 97.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8
Spain 97.7
Uruguay 97.7
Greece 97.5
Romania 97.3
Argentina 97.2
Maldives 97.2
United States 97.0


OK.. I could start of the rest of your list - and, there are a couple of valid claims, but I got a real life to live and better things to do than discuss some lalaland you think you live in Have a nice day