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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).
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