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Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan294
2 Australia289
2 Finland289
4 Sweden288
5 New Zealand287
6 Netherlands286
6 Norway286
8 Austria284
9 Czech Republic283
9 Denmark283
9 Germany283
9 Republic of Korea283
13 Canada282
14 Belgium281
14 Slovakia281
14 United Kingdom281
17 Hungary279
18 Estonia278
19 Ireland277
19 United States277
21 Poland275
22 Israel274
23 Slovenia268
24 Mexico260
25 Lithuania258
26 Greece257
27 Turkiye253
28 Chile 252

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 10 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.025464 X -0.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1135.091855 X -271083.983
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.180109 X +29.754
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.003741 X +2.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.108865 X -19.803
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089