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Table A76. Mean numeracy proficiency score among adults ages 45-54, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
Japan 291.5  
Flanders (Belgium) 280.3  
Norway 280.3  
Finland 279.3  
Netherlands 277.1  
Denmark 276.8  
Sweden 276.3  
Slovak Republic 275.4  
Austria 274.5  
New Zealand 272.9  
Czech Republic 271.9  
Estonia 269.0  
Germany 268.2  
Australia 264.7  
Canada 260.7  
OECD average 259.3  
England (UK) 259.1  
Poland 254.2  
Greece 253.8  
Northern Ireland (UK) 251.6  
Korea 251.1  
United States 249.8  
Ireland 249.6  
Slovenia 249.4  
France 246.0  
Israel 244.1  
Italy 243.7  
Spain 242.3  
Turkey 212.9  
Chile 193.0  
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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