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Table A28. Mean numeracy proficiency score among adults ages 16-24, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
Netherlands 285.4  
Finland 284.8  
Japan 283.2  
Flanders (Belgium) 282.8  
Korea 280.9  
Austria 279.3  
Estonia 278.5  
Sweden 278.2  
Czech Republic 278.0  
Slovak Republic 278.0  
Germany 275.1  
Denmark 273.1  
Slovenia 272.8  
Norway 270.9  
Australia 270.1  
Poland 268.6  
Canada 268.3  
New Zealand 266.8  
OECD average 266.5  
Northern Ireland (UK) 263.6  
France 263.4  
Ireland 257.9  
England (UK) 256.3  
Spain 255.2  
Greece 252.6  
Italy 251.3  
Israel 250.9  
United States 249.4  
Turkey 233.7  
Chile 220.8  
NOTE: Proficiency in numeracy is scaled between 0 and score points. Estimates for Chile, Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Slovenia, and Turkey based on 2015 data, and estimates for all other countries based on 2012 data.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (2016), Table A3.5 (N).
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