Tables: Adult
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). |