Tables: Adult
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). |