I am just giving a general educated guess about though I think the reason why is that because Literature began in Europe back to the times of when Shakespeare was well known for his rich plays that involves a lot of beautiful words it develops, people started to value this way of languages to this day this is why I think Europe have a high literacy rate....I am sorry if I am wrong but I tried :)
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the GDP does not affect the literacy rate. The literacy rate affects the GDP. normally the higher the literacy rate, the higher the GDP, but not always. Some countries can have a very high literacy rate, but not a high GDP. but most of the time the higher the literacy rate, the higher the GDP and standard of living.
Ireland has a comparatively good literacy standard compared to the rest of Europe.
The literacy rate in Ukraine is approximately 99.8%, indicating a high level of education and literacy among its population.
Fairly high, in 2007 the literacy rate it was estimated at 92.9% though in rural areas the rate is lower (80.3%).
Literacy rate in Poland is so high because there is a compulsory schooling for all children.
Greece has a literacy rate of nintey-six percent at the moment, I believe.
The literacy rate of Portuguese population is 93%.
The highest literacy rate possible is 100. Countries with a 100 percent literacy rates for both male and female are Finland, Norway, Greenland and so on.
The literacy rate in Hungary is over 99%, making it one of the highest in the world. This high rate is due to the country's strong emphasis on education and public literacy programs.
They have done had an extremely very high literacy rate forever and for a very long time.