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Table A14. Mean literacy proficiency score among adults ages 25-65 whose educational attainment is high school, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
Japan 286.7  
Netherlands 283.1  
Australia 278.3  
New Zealand 277.5  
Sweden 276.6  
Finland 276.1  
Slovak Republic 275.3  
England (UK) 273.3  
Norway 271.4  
Northern Ireland (UK) 270.1  
Czech Republic 268.8  
Austria 268.0  
Estonia 266.9  
Ireland 266.3  
Korea 265.2  
Canada 265.0  
Flanders (Belgium) 265.0  
Denmark 264.3  
OECD average 264.2  
Italy 263.0  
Germany 261.7  
United States 258.8  
France 258.3  
Spain 257.6  
Poland 254.5  
Greece 253.9  
Slovenia 251.6  
Turkey 244.6  
Israel 241.2  
Chile 219.0  
NOTE: Proficiency in literacy is scaled between 0 and 500 score points. “High school” includes high school diplomas and equivalencies and postsecondary education that did not result in a degree; this category corresponds to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED:97) category "upper secondary" (ISCED:97 levels 3 and 4). 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 A3.2 (L).
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