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

% · 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. 1Japan90.7%
  2. 2Finland89.5%
  3. 3Sweden89.2%
  4. 4Norway87.2%
  5. 5Netherlands85.5%
  6. 6Denmark84.1%
  7. 7Estonia83.5%
  8. 8United Kingdom82.6%
  9. 9Belgium82.3%
  10. 10Ireland81%
  11. 11Germany79.4%
  12. 12New Zealand78%
  13. 13Slovak Republic77.1%
  14. 14Czechia76.6%
  15. 15Croatia74.5%
  16. 16United States74%
  17. 17France73.8%
  18. 18Austria71.4%
  19. 19Hungary70.4%
  20. 20Spain69.4%
  21. 21Korea, Rep.69%
  22. 22Latvia68.8%
  23. 23Singapore68.8%
  24. 24Italy67.3%
  25. 25Israel66.5%
  26. 26Lithuania64.4%
  27. 27Poland62.2%
  28. 28Portugal56.9%
  29. 29Chile46.5%

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