Tables: Adult
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 |
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Japan |
286.7 |
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Netherlands |
283.1 |
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Australia |
278.3 |
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New Zealand |
277.5 |
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Sweden |
276.6 |
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Finland |
276.1 |
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Slovak Republic |
275.3 |
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England (UK) |
273.3 |
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Norway |
271.4 |
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Northern Ireland (UK) |
270.1 |
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Czech Republic |
268.8 |
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Austria |
268.0 |
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Estonia |
266.9 |
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Ireland |
266.3 |
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Korea |
265.2 |
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Canada |
265.0 |
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Flanders (Belgium) |
265.0 |
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Denmark |
264.3 |
|
OECD average |
264.2 |
|
Italy |
263.0 |
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Germany |
261.7 |
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United States |
258.8 |
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France |
258.3 |
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Spain |
257.6 |
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Poland |
254.5 |
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Greece |
253.9 |
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Slovenia |
251.6 |
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Turkey |
244.6 |
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Israel |
241.2 |
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Chile |
219.0 |
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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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