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Adult numeracy skills — Knowledge and skills

Compare adult numeracy skills — knowledge and skills across 25 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
265.2Points
Median: 261.1Points
Countries Covered
25
with available data
Highest
Finland
298.9Points
Lowest
Chile
214.4Points
Top 5 Countries
1Finland298.9Points
2Japan292.3Points
3Netherlands287.7Points
4Norway286.6Points
5Denmark286.0Points
By Region
Europe269.1Points(18 countries)
Asia264.1Points(3 countries)
North America261.1Points(2 countries)
Oceania255.7Points(1 countries)
South America214.4Points(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 25 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Points observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • Finland has the highest published value (298.942 Points).
  • Chile has the lowest published value (214.357 Points).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (214.4Points)High (298.9Points)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 265.2Points)

Europe (18)
Asia (3)
North America (2)
Oceania (1)
South America (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Current well-being: Adult numeracy skills — Knowledge and skills. Unit: Points. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Current well-being: Adult numeracy skills — Knowledge and skills. Unit: Points. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Finland298.9Points
2Japan292.3Points
3Netherlands287.7Points
4Norway286.6Points
5Denmark286.0Points
6Sweden285.2Points
7Belgium283.0Points
8Estonia282.4Points
9Germany276.5Points
10Czech Republic273.1Points
11Canada272.2Points
12Austria270.3Points
13Slovakia261.1Points
14Ireland260.3Points
15France257.2Points
16New Zealand255.7Points
17Hungary255.4Points
18South Korea253.4Points
19Spain251.7Points
20United States of America249.9Points
21Israel246.8Points
22Lithuania245.7Points
23Italy244.6Points
24Poland238.8Points
25Chile214.4Points
Showing 25 of 25 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2023).

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