TABLE 4
Inequality in the distribution of literacy (90th percentile/10th percentile) within countries,
prose, document and quantitative scales, population aged 16-25, 1992-1998
| |
10th percentile |
90th percentile |
Literacy inequality |
| A. Prose |
|
|
|
| United Kingdom |
195.7 |
338.0 |
1.7 |
| Portugal |
186.7 |
322.3 |
1.7 |
| Poland |
182.0 |
312.0 |
1.7 |
| New Zealand |
204.0 |
338.8 |
1.7 |
| Chile |
182.8 |
291.1 |
1.6 |
| Italy |
209.4 |
332.4 |
1.6 |
| Average |
213.0 |
335.6 |
1.6 |
| United States1 |
216.2 |
339.0 |
1.6 |
| Slovenia |
202.2 |
314.0 |
1.6 |
| Canada |
222.9 |
342.6 |
1.5 |
| Irland |
218.6 |
333.4 |
1.5 |
| Australia |
226.6 |
339.5 |
1.5 |
| Hungary |
207.2 |
306.5 |
1.5 |
| Germany |
229.7 |
335.4 |
1.5 |
| Belgium (Flanders) |
238.8 |
343.2 |
1.4 |
| Switzerland |
236.6 |
333.2 |
1.4 |
| Sweden |
258.9 |
364.5 |
1.4 |
| Netherlands |
238.6 |
335.9 |
1.4 |
| Czech Republic |
235.0 |
323.1 |
1.4 |
| Norway |
256.8 |
344.0 |
1.3 |
| Finland |
267.7 |
357.6 |
1.3 |
| Denmark |
245.7 |
318.1 |
1.3 |
| B. Document |
|
|
|
| Poland |
161.3 |
318.3 |
2.0 |
| United Kingdom |
196.3 |
346.6 |
1.8 |
| Hungary |
199.1 |
329.8 |
1.7 |
| New Zealand |
205.7 |
339.4 |
1.7 |
| Portugal |
191.0 |
310.8 |
1.6 |
| Average |
212.7 |
341.4 |
1.6 |
| Slovenia |
200.3 |
320.1 |
1.6 |
| United States1 |
215.7 |
341.0 |
1.6 |
| Chile |
182.8 |
288.5 |
1.6 |
| Canada |
226.7 |
355.7 |
1.6 |
| Italy |
207.3 |
322.6 |
1.6 |
| Ireland |
211.2 |
327.1 |
1.5 |
| Australia |
227.2 |
337.3 |
1.5 |
| Switzerland |
237.1 |
351.0 |
1.5 |
| Czech Republic |
238.6 |
351.4 |
1.5 |
| Germany |
240.5 |
347.3 |
1.4 |
| Norway |
252.3 |
360.7 |
1.4 |
| Swden |
259.6 |
368.3 |
1.4 |
| Netherlands |
245.2 |
346.4 |
1.4 |
| Belgium (Flanders) |
248.4 |
345.1 |
1.4 |
| Denmark |
256.9 |
354.0 |
1.4 |
| Finland |
263.0 |
361.9 |
1.4 |