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

% · 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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League table

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  1. 1Japan88.5%
  2. 2Sweden86.7%
  3. 3Finland85.8%
  4. 4Norway83%
  5. 5Netherlands82.8%
  6. 6United Kingdom82.2%
  7. 7Belgium80.2%
  8. 8Denmark80.2%
  9. 9Ireland76.8%
  10. 10Estonia76.4%
  11. 11Germany75.7%
  12. 12Slovak Republic75.5%
  13. 13Czechia73.9%
  14. 14Singapore71.9%
  15. 15New Zealand70.9%
  16. 16United States70.8%
  17. 17Austria70.7%
  18. 18France70.3%
  19. 19Croatia70.2%
  20. 20Korea, Rep.69.4%
  21. 21Spain68.3%
  22. 22Hungary64.6%
  23. 23Latvia63.8%
  24. 24Italy63.2%
  25. 25Israel61.1%
  26. 26Lithuania60%
  27. 27Poland58.8%
  28. 28Portugal58.4%
  29. 29Chile46.8%

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