| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4/5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Quantitative | ||||||||
| Chilie | 68.7 | (2.6) | 20.0 | (1.7) | 9.5 | (2.2) | 1.7* | (0.6) |
| Portugal | 52.9 | (4.7) | 29.1 | (3.8) | 15.6 | (2.5) | 2.4 | (0.5) |
| Poland | 52.9 | (1.6) | 24.6 | (1.8) | 18.0 | (0.8) | 4.5 | (0.5) |
| Slovenia | 51.5 | (1.9) | 27.4 | (1.6) | 17.1 | (1.2) | 4.1 | (0.6) |
| Italy | 45.0 | (2.3) | 30.5 | (1.5) | 18.8 | (1.7) | 5.7 | (0.7) |
| Ireland | 37.4 | (3.4) | 24.7 | (1.6) | 24.2 | (2.5) | 13.7 | (2.8) |
| Canada | 29.5 | (3.5) | 26.3 | (4.5) | 25.5 | (4.2) | 18.6 | (7.8) |
| United Kingdom | 28.8 | (1.8) | 29.3 | (1.7) | 28.5 | (1.9) | 13.4 | (1.0) |
| Hungary | 27.8 | (1.7) | 33.5 | (1.4) | 27.6 | (1.1) | 11.1 | (1.1) |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 27.4 | (2.7) | 26.4 | (1.6) | 32.4 | (2.3) | 13.9 | (1.2) |
| Average | 25.0 | (0.7) | 28.0 | (0.8) | 30.5 | (0.7) | 16.5 | (0.6) |
| Australia | 24.4 | (1.0) | 27.6 | (1.0) | 32.3 | (1.0) | 15.7 | (0.9) |
| New Zeland | 22.9 | (1.9) | 30.7 | (1.9) | 31.3 | (1.8) | 15.0 | (1.2) |
| United States | 20.2 | (1.5) | 26.7 | (1.9) | 32.2 | (1.6) | 20.9 | (1.6) |
| Finland | 18.7 | (1.0) | 33.4 | (1.4) | 35.1 | (1.6) | 12.8 | (1.1) |
| Switzerland | 16.1 | (1.5) | 31.2 | (2.1) | 39.4 | (2.1) | 13.3 | (1.3) |
| Netherlands | 14.1 | (1.4) | 33.2 | (1.7) | 39.4 | (1.6) | 13.2 | (0.9) |
| Czech Republic | 11.9 | (1.0) | 25.0 | (1.5) | 36.1 | (1.8) | 26.9 | (1.6) |
| Norway | 11.2 | (1.0) | 27.2 | (1.9) | 38.9 | (1.8) | 22.7 | (2.1) |
| Denmark | 9.8 | (0.9) | 26.1 | (1.4) | 40.9 | (1.8) | 23.2 | (1.2) |
| Germany | 8.9 | (1.0) | 30.9 | (2.4) | 40.6 | (1.9) | 19.6 | (1.7) |
| Sweden | 8.8 | (1.1) | 22.6 | (1.5) | 39.3 | (1.7) | 29.3 | (1.6) |
COUNTRIES ARE RANKED BY THOSE AT LEVEL 1.
* Unreliable estimate.
Source: International Adult Literacy Survey, 1994-1998.