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There are 22 countries where more than half the population is
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SOURCE
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World"
by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
DEFINITION
The percentage of nine-year-old students who come from households with a dictionary.
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> Students from households with dictionary > Age 9 (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
# 1
Hong Kong
:
94%
# 2
Ireland
:
90%
= 3
New Zealand
:
89%
= 3
United States
:
89%
# 5
Greece
:
85%
# 6
Portugal
:
83%
# 7
Canada
:
80%
# 8
Slovenia
:
79%
# 9
Latvia
:
78%
# 10
Cyprus
:
77%
= 11
Czech Republic
:
76%
= 11
Netherlands
:
76%
# 13
Iceland
:
70%
# 14
Norway
:
67%
# 15
Thailand
:
32%
# 16
Iran
:
27%
Weighted average:
74.5%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of nine-year-old students who come from households with a dictionary.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World"
by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
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