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Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan296
2 Finland288
3 Netherlands284
4 New Zealand281
5 Australia280
6 Sweden 279
7 Norway278
8 Estonia276
9 Belgium275
10 Czech Republic274
10 Slovakia274
12 Canada273
12 Republic of Korea273
12 United Kingdom273
15 Denmark271
15 United States271
17 Germany270
18 Austria269
19 Ireland267
19 Lithuania267
19 Poland267
22 Hungary264
23 France262
24 Slovenia256
25 Israel255
26 Greece254
27 Spain252
28 Italy250
29 Turkiye227
30 Mexico222
31 Chile220

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 7 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.014572 X +2.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 645.379331 X -128703.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.088140 X +56.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.003746 X +2.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.121407 X -22.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258