Tables: Adult
Table A20. Mean numeracy proficiency score among adults ages 25-65 whose educational attainment is a postsecondary degree, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015
Country |
Mean |
|
Czech Republic |
310.5 |
|
Flanders (Belgium) |
309.3 |
|
Netherlands |
307.9 |
|
Japan |
307.6 |
|
Sweden |
306.8 |
|
Austria |
305.9 |
|
Slovak Republic |
305.7 |
|
Finland |
305.1 |
|
Norway |
304.4 |
|
Denmark |
301.8 |
|
Germany |
300.8 |
|
France |
294.7 |
|
Australia |
293.2 |
|
New Zealand |
292.1 |
|
OECD average |
292.0 |
|
Slovenia |
291.4 |
|
Poland |
290.3 |
|
Estonia |
289.8 |
|
Northern Ireland (UK) |
289.6 |
|
England (UK) |
287.1 |
|
United States |
286.7 |
|
Ireland |
285.7 |
|
Korea |
285.6 |
|
Canada |
284.5 |
|
Greece |
280.6 |
|
Italy |
280.2 |
|
Spain |
277.9 |
|
Israel |
276.6 |
|
Turkey |
266.7 |
|
Chile |
250.3 |
|
NOTE: Proficiency in numeracy is scaled between 0 and 500 score points. “Postsecondary degree” includes associate’s or higher degrees, and corresponds to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED:97) category "tertiary" (ISCED:97 levels 5 and 6). 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 (N). |