Education > Reading literacy: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000).

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Finland	546	2000
2	Canada	534	2000
3	New Zealand	529	2000
4	Australia	528	2000
5	Ireland	527	2000
6	South Korea	525	2000
7	United Kingdom	523	2000
8	Japan	522	2000
9	Sweden	516	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	508.43	2000
=10	Austria	507	2000
=10	Belgium	507	2000
=10	Iceland	507	2000
=13	France	505	2000
=13	Norway	505	2000
15	United States	504	2000
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	503.84	2000
16	Denmark	497	2000
17	Switzerland	494	2000
18	Spain	493	2000
19	Czech Republic	492	2000
20	Italy	487	2000
21	Germany	484	2000
22	Hungary	480	2000
23	Poland	479	2000
24	Greece	474	2000
25	Portugal	470	2000
26	Luxembourg	441	2000
27	Mexico	422	2000

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25 of the bottom 27 countries by reading literacy are High income OECD.
Germany ranked last for reading literacy amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
All of the top 2 countries by reading literacy are Christian.
All of the top 4 countries by reading literacy are Sparsely populated.
Finland ranked first for reading literacy amongst European Union in 2000.
Canada ranked first for reading literacy amongst NATO countries in 2000.
17 of the bottom 19 countries by reading literacy are European.
All of the top 2 countries by reading literacy are Cold countries'.
United States ranked last for reading literacy amongst English speaking countries in 2000.
3 of the top 4 countries by reading literacy are Former British Colonies'.

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