Education
Proportion of population achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, adjusted native parity index (NPIA)
NPIA · higher is better · 39 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2023
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League table
29 shown- 1Latvia0.96
- 2Hungary0.95
- 3Ireland0.93
- 4Slovak Republic0.93
- 5Czechia0.92
- 6New Zealand0.86
- 7Lithuania0.84
- 8Estonia0.84
- 9Croatia0.83
- 10Portugal0.81
- 11Singapore0.8
- 12Israel0.8
- 13United Kingdom0.77
- 14Denmark0.76
- 15Japan0.74
- 16Italy0.73
- 17Chile0.73
- 18Finland0.71
- 19Spain0.7
- 20Poland0.69
- 21Sweden0.69
- 22Netherlands0.68
- 23Norway0.66
- 24United States0.65
- 25Belgium0.63
- 26Austria0.6
- 27Germany0.57
- 28France0.56
- 29Korea, Rep.0.41
Proportion of population achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills, adjusted native parity index (NPIA)