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Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 296
2 Finland288
3 Netherlands284
4 New Zealand281
5 Australia280
6 Sweden279
7 Norway278
8 Estonia276
9 Belgium275
9 Russian Federation275
11 Czech Republic274
11 Slovakia274
13 Canada273
13 Republic of Korea273
13 United Kingdom273
16 Denmark271
16 United States271
18 Germany270
19 Austria269
19 Cyprus269
21 Ireland267
21 Lithuania267
21 Poland267
24 Hungary264
25 France262
26 Singapore258
27 Slovenia256
28 Israel255
29 Greece254
30 Spain252
31 Italy250
32 Kazakhstan249
33 Turkiye227
34 Mexico222
35 Chile220
36 Ecuador196
36 Peru196

Note
Belgium: Flanders only. Russian Federation: Moscow municipal area is not included. UK: England only. US Result of 2017 test. (US also conducted the test in 2011-12)

No data for 201 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.013009 X +3.175
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 559.999147 X -106454.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.090925 X +55.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.006681 X +3.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.093320 X -14.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197