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Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 294
2 Australia289
2 Finland289
4 Sweden288
5 New Zealand287
5 Singapore287
7 Netherlands286
7 Norway286
9 Austria284
10 Czech Republic283
10 Denmark283
10 Germany283
10 Republic of Korea283
14 Canada282
15 Belgium281
15 Slovakia281
15 United Kingdom281
18 Hungary279
19 Estonia278
20 Ireland277
20 United States277
22 Russian Federation276
23 Poland275
24 Israel274
25 Slovenia268
26 Kazakhstan264
27 Mexico260
28 Lithuania258
29 Greece257
30 Turkiye253
31 Chile252
32 Peru237
33 Ecuador228

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 205 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.022456 X +0.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1040.583300 X -244764.597
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.173833 X +31.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.010313 X +4.506
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.095384 X -15.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096