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Education > Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > Female: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage of adult females who have at least a moderate level of literacy, in selected OECD countries. Data for 1998.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 United States 53.6% 1998
2 Canada 50.5% 1998
=3 Finland 49.7% 1998
=3 New Zealand 49.7% 1998
5 Hungary 49% 1998
6 Sweden 48.1% 1998
7 Australia 47.8% 1998
=8 Poland 47.7% 1998
=8 Germany 47.7% 1998
10 Czech Republic 47.3% 1998
=11 Ireland 46.6% 1998
=11 Norway 46.6% 1998
13 Netherlands 46.3% 1998
14 Denmark 46.2% 1998
15 Switzerland 45.4% 1998
16 United Kingdom 44.6% 1998
17 Portugal 44.3% 1998

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Education > Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > Female: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > Female

  • All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Former British Colonies'.
  • All of the top 3 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Christian.
  • All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Heavily indebted.
  • All of the top 2 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Cold countries'.
  • All of the bottom 12 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are High income OECD.
  • United Kingdom ranked last for literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1998.
  • United States ranked first for literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female amongst English speaking countries in 1998.
  • All of the bottom 10 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are European.
  • 3 of the top 4 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are Sparsely populated.
  • 11 of the bottom 14 countries by literacy > adults with at least moderate literacy > female are European Union.
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