Tables: Adult
Table A29. Mean numeracy proficiency score among adults ages 25-34, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015
Country |
Mean |
|
Finland |
302.5 |
|
Japan |
297.3 |
|
Flanders (Belgium) |
295.0 |
|
Netherlands |
293.0 |
|
Czech Republic |
288.4 |
|
Sweden |
287.8 |
|
Denmark |
286.7 |
|
Norway |
284.9 |
|
Estonia |
283.6 |
|
Austria |
282.1 |
|
Germany |
282.0 |
|
Korea |
280.7 |
|
Slovak Republic |
278.8 |
|
Canada |
276.5 |
|
New Zealand |
275.5 |
|
Australia |
275.1 |
|
OECD average |
273.5 |
|
Slovenia |
272.5 |
|
Poland |
270.4 |
|
France |
269.4 |
|
Northern Ireland (UK) |
267.6 |
|
England (UK) |
266.7 |
|
Ireland |
265.5 |
|
Israel |
264.4 |
|
Italy |
262.4 |
|
United States |
259.8 |
|
Spain |
257.3 |
|
Greece |
256.0 |
|
Turkey |
228.7 |
|
Chile |
222.0 |
|
NOTE: Proficiency in numeracy 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 (N). |