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Table A30. Mean numeracy proficiency score among adults ages 35-44, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
Japan 296.6  
Finland 292.0  
Denmark 290.0  
Flanders (Belgium) 289.3  
Norway 289.0  
Netherlands 287.4  
Sweden 286.1  
Slovak Republic 281.4  
Austria 281.4  
New Zealand 279.9  
Germany 278.6  
Czech Republic 277.4  
Australia 275.8  
Estonia 275.1  
Canada 271.9  
Korea 270.6  
OECD average 269.5  
England (UK) 268.8  
Slovenia 267.3  
Northern Ireland (UK) 265.8  
France 262.1  
Poland 261.7  
Ireland 260.5  
Israel 258.0  
United States 257.7  
Spain 254.9  
Greece 253.2  
Italy 250.9  
Turkey 218.5  
Chile 212.4  
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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