Tables: Adult
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). |