Literacy adults at high literacy level (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Sweden:	35.5%
# 2	Norway:	29.4%
# 3	Denmark:	25.4%
= 4	Finland:	25.1%
= 4	Canada:	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
7th 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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