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Education Statistics > Reading literacy (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Finland:546 
#2  Canada:534 
#3  New Zealand:529 
#4  Australia:528 
#5  Ireland:527 
#6  Korea, South:525 
#7  United Kingdom:523 
#8  Japan:522 
#9  Sweden:516 
#10  Iceland:507 
#11  Belgium:507 
#12  Austria:507 
#13  France:505 
#14  Norway:505 
#15  United States:504 
#16  Denmark:497 
#17  Switzerland:494 
#18  Spain:493 
#19  Czech Republic:492 
#20  Italy:487 
#21  Germany:484 
#22  Hungary:480 
#23  Poland:479 
#24  Greece:474 
#25  Portugal:470 
#26  Luxembourg:441 
#27  Mexico:422 
Weighted average: 499.9  


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

SOURCE: OECD

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