Education > Young longtext readers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent longtext readers(2000).

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	New Zealand	39.4%	2000
2	Australia	36%	2000
3	United Kingdom	35%	2000
4	Hungary	29.6%	2000
5	Canada	28.7%	2000
6	United States	28.4%	2000
7	Ireland	27.6%	2000
8	Germany	26.3%	2000
9	Mexico	24.7%	2000
10	Austria	24.3%	2000
11	Poland	23.9%	2000
12	Czech Republic	23.2%	2000
13	Spain	23.1%	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	22.56%	2000
14	Switzerland	22.1%	2000
15	Greece	21.8%	2000
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	21.74%	2000
16	Sweden	21.4%	2000
=17	Luxembourg	19.9%	2000
=17	Italy	19.9%	2000
19	Portugal	19.5%	2000
20	France	16.6%	2000
21	Denmark	16.3%	2000
22	Iceland	15.1%	2000
23	South Korea	14%	2000
24	Norway	13.4%	2000
25	Belgium	12.5%	2000
26	Finland	12.1%	2000
27	Japan	3%	2000

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All of the top 2 countries by young longtext readers are Former British Colonies'.
All of the top 2 countries by young longtext readers are East Asian and Pacific.
New Zealand ranked first for young longtext readers amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
United Kingdom ranked first for young longtext readers amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
All of the top 2 countries by young longtext readers are Sparsely populated.
16 of the bottom 18 countries by young longtext readers are European.
19 of the top 22 countries by young longtext readers are Christian.
Ireland ranked first for young longtext readers amongst Eurozone in 2000.
France ranked 4th last for young longtext readers amongst European Union in 2000.
All of the top 2 countries by young longtext readers are English speaking .

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