| Prose | Document | Quantitative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 332.1 | 338.6 | 340.7 |
| United States | 323.2 | 318.2 | 324.7 |
| Canada | 321.7 | 322.7 | 325.3 |
| Finland | 317.0 | 320.5 | 316.4 |
| Australia | 315.4 | 312.7 | 317.8 |
| Norway | 313.6 | 328.0 | 327.7 |
| New Zealand | 311.3 | 305.7 | 309.1 |
| Netherlands | 310.2 | 315.7 | 317.1 |
| United Kingdom | 309.5 | 311.4 | 314.8 |
| Average | 309.3 | 309.4 | 317.0 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 306.1 | 311.5 | 320.8 |
| Germany | 305.2 | 313.5 | 323.9 |
| Ireland | 301.5 | 296.3 | 305.3 |
| Denmark | 299.5 | 324.0 | 328.3 |
| Switzerland | 298.1 | 309.1 | 314.1 |
| Czech Republic | 294.6 | 314.7 | 332.6 |
| Italy | 282.9 | 278.3 | 289.5 |
| Poland | 265.4 | 269.3 | 282.3 |
| Hungary | 264.5 | 278.1 | 302.5 |
| Slovenia | 263.3 | 272.1 | 285.5 |
| Portugal | 259.1 | 257.7 | 271.9 |
| Chile | 250.2 | 249.0 | 251.8 |
COUNTRIES ARE RANKED BY PROSE SCORES.
Source : International Adult Literacy Survey, 1994-1998.
| Prose | Document | Quantitative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 270.1 | 274.0 | 276.2 |
| Norway | 264.2 | 267.4 | 270.7 |
| Finland | 254.8 | 252.3 | 256.5 |
| Netherlands | 253.6 | 258.0 | 261.4 |
| Denmark | 251.4 | 262.7 | 272.5 |
| New Zealand | 247.0 | 238.1 | 242.2 |
| Germany | 246.6 | 256.2 | 266.6 |
| Canada | 245.5 | 243.6 | 245.5 |
| Australia | 243.1 | 242.3 | 244.6 |
| Czech Republic | 241.9 | 248.2 | 266.6 |
| United States | 240.9 | 233.4 | 241.3 |
| Switzerland | 235.5 | 240.7 | 251.4 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 235.0 | 243.3 | 242.6 |
| United Kingdom | 231.4 | 228.6 | 229.9 |
| Average | 229.3 | 227.7 | 235.6 |
| Ireland | 227.0 | 220.0 | 220.9 |
| Hungary | 212.7 | 212.5 | 235.7 |
| Italy | 198.6 | 193.6 | 204.7 |
| Poland | 187.9 | 174.6 | 188.9 |
| Slovenia | 182.5 | 179.8 | 190.5 |
| Chile | 175.2 | 176.8 | 155.9 |
| Portugal | 157.2 | 159.4 | 166.8 |
COUNTRIES ARE RANKED BY PROSE SCORES.
Source : International Adult Literacy Survey, 1994-1998.