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Education > Literacy Stats: compare key data on Chile & United Kingdom

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  • Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Male: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Continuous texts: Continuous texts.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Integrate and interpret: Integrate and interpret.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Non-continuous texts: Non-continuous texts.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate: Reflect and evaluate.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
STAT
Chile
United Kingdom
HISTORY
Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
Female 96.1%
Ranked 50th.
99%
Ranked 21st. 3% more than Chile
Male 96.4%
Ranked 55th.
99%
Ranked 31st. 3% more than Chile
Reading performance > Access and retrieve 444
Ranked 42nd.
491
Ranked 27th. 11% more than Chile
Reading performance > Continuous texts 453
Ranked 41st.
492
Ranked 24th. 9% more than Chile
Reading performance > Integrate and interpret 452
Ranked 41st.
491
Ranked 24th. 9% more than Chile
Reading performance > Non-continuous texts 444
Ranked 41st.
506
Ranked 11th. 14% more than Chile
Reading performance > Overall 449
Ranked 41st.
494
Ranked 23th. 10% more than Chile
Reading performance > Overall reading skills 449
Ranked 41st.
494
Ranked 23th. 10% more than Chile
Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate 452
Ranked 40th.
503
Ranked 12th. 11% more than Chile
Total population 96.2%
Ranked 51st.
99%
Ranked 23th. 3% more than Chile

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