Education > Young shorttext readers: Countries Compared

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

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Japan	74.5%	2000
2	Finland	66.9%	2000
3	Norway	58%	2000
4	Denmark	56.2%	2000
5	South Korea	52.2%	2000
6	Iceland	49.7%	2000
7	Sweden	37.3%	2000
8	France	31.7%	2000
9	Belgium	31.6%	2000
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	28.8%	2000
10	Italy	26.4%	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	25.71%	2000
11	Switzerland	25.4%	2000
12	Portugal	24.6%	2000
13	Mexico	22.2%	2000
14	Greece	21.5%	2000
15	Hungary	20.1%	2000
16	Luxembourg	19.4%	2000
17	Czech Republic	18.9%	2000
18	Spain	17.7%	2000
19	Austria	17.2%	2000
20	Canada	16.2%	2000
21	New Zealand	12.4%	2000
22	Germany	11.7%	2000
23	Poland	11.4%	2000
24	United States	11%	2000
25	Australia	10.6%	2000
26	Ireland	8.9%	2000
27	United Kingdom	8.5%	2000

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Japan ranked first for young shorttext readers amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
United States ranked second last for young shorttext readers amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
Finland ranked first for young shorttext readers amongst European Union in 2000.
14 of the top 16 countries by young shorttext readers are Christian.
Norway ranked first for young shorttext readers amongst NATO countries in 2000.
20 of the bottom 26 countries by young shorttext readers are European.
United Kingdom ranked last for young shorttext readers amongst English speaking countries in 2000.
Germany ranked second last for young shorttext readers amongst Eurozone in 2000.
Australia ranked last for young shorttext readers amongst Non-religious countries in 2000.
France ranked first for young shorttext readers amongst Western Europe in 2000.

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