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Education Statistics > Reading literacy (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 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     Austria: 507 
= 10     Belgium: 507 
= 10     Iceland: 507 
= 13     Norway: 505 
= 13     France: 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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