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Table A27. Mean literacy proficiency score among adults ages 55-65, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
Japan 273.3  
New Zealand 269.4  
Slovak Republic 266.0  
England (UK) 265.3  
United States 262.9  
Australia 262.7  
Czech Republic 262.4  
Sweden 262.4  
Norway 261.9  
Netherlands 260.8  
Estonia 260.6  
Canada 260.4  
Finland 259.7  
Northern Ireland (UK) 255.1  
Flanders (Belgium) 255.0  
Germany 253.6  
Denmark 252.4  
Ireland 250.5  
OECD average 249.9  
Austria 249.8  
Poland 249.1  
Greece 248.8  
Korea 244.1  
France 241.8  
Slovenia 234.9  
Italy 233.4  
Israel 227.1  
Spain 226.7  
Turkey 204.3  
Chile 193.9  
NOTE: Proficiency in literacy is scaled between 0 and 500 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 (L).
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