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Proportion of population achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional numeracy 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. 1Japan90.1%
  2. 2Finland87.8%
  3. 3Sweden87.8%
  4. 4Norway86.5%
  5. 5Netherlands84.5%
  6. 6Estonia84.1%
  7. 7Denmark83.4%
  8. 8Belgium82.3%
  9. 9Germany79.7%
  10. 10United Kingdom79.1%
  11. 11Czechia78.7%
  12. 12Slovak Republic78.2%
  13. 13Singapore78.2%
  14. 14Austria77.4%
  15. 15Latvia76%
  16. 16Ireland75.3%
  17. 17Croatia73.2%
  18. 18Korea, Rep.72.4%
  19. 19France72.2%
  20. 20New Zealand72%
  21. 21Hungary71.2%
  22. 22Spain69.7%
  23. 23Lithuania67.7%
  24. 24Israel65.9%
  25. 25United States65.8%
  26. 26Italy64.7%
  27. 27Poland62%
  28. 28Portugal60.2%
  29. 29Chile44.4%

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