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Proportion of population achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 40 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2023
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  1. 1Japan89.6%
  2. 2Sweden88%
  3. 3Finland87.6%
  4. 4Norway85.1%
  5. 5Netherlands84.1%
  6. 6United Kingdom82.4%
  7. 7Denmark82.1%
  8. 8Belgium81.2%
  9. 9Estonia80%
  10. 10Ireland78.9%
  11. 11Germany77.5%
  12. 12Slovak Republic76.3%
  13. 13Czechia75.2%
  14. 14New Zealand74.5%
  15. 15Croatia72.4%
  16. 16United States72.4%
  17. 17France72.1%
  18. 18Austria71%
  19. 19Singapore70.3%
  20. 20Korea, Rep.69.2%
  21. 21Spain68.8%
  22. 22Hungary67.5%
  23. 23Latvia66.4%
  24. 24Italy65.3%
  25. 25Israel63.8%
  26. 26Lithuania62.2%
  27. 27Poland60.5%
  28. 28Portugal57.6%
  29. 29Chile46.6%

Proportion of population achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, both sexes (%)