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Education Statistics > Literacy > Adults at high literacy level (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Sweden: 35.5% 
# 2     Norway: 29.4% 
# 3     Denmark: 25.4% 
= 4     Canada: 25.1% 
= 4     Finland: 25.1% 
# 6     Netherlands: 20% 
# 7     Czech Republic: 19.6% 
# 8     United Kingdom: 19.1% 
# 9     United States: 19% 
# 10     Germany: 18.9% 
# 11     New Zealand: 17.6% 
# 12     Australia: 17.4% 
# 13     Switzerland: 16.1% 
# 14     Ireland: 11.5% 
# 15     Hungary: 8% 
# 16     Poland: 5.8% 
# 17     Portugal: 3.2% 
Weighted average: 18.6%  


DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.

SOURCE: OECD

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Joe
6th September 2009 		What does the term 'high literacy level' actually mean? Statistics for things like 'low', 'mid', and 'high' literacy are meaningless without a clear definition of what these terms are intended to reflect. Why aren't these definitions, and criteria used to evaluate them featured more prominently on the site?
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