Table 1.3
| 5th percentile | Standard error |
25th percentile | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
75th percentile | Standard error |
95th percentile | Standard error |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Prose | ||||||||||
| Yukon | 208 | (7.2) | 266 | (3.2) | 296 | (1.8) | 331 | (3.1) | 369 | (5.3) |
| Saskatchewan | 219 | (4.0) | 267 | (1.7) | 294 | (2.4) | 325 | (3.6) | 366 | (5.6) |
| Norway | 212 | (3.4) | 263 | (1.4) | 290 | (1.0) | 321 | (0.8) | 356 | (1.0) |
| Bermuda | 192 | (4.4) | 256 | (2.7) | 290 | (1.3) | 328 | (1.8) | 374 | (2.5) |
| Alberta | 196 | (10.4) | 262 | (3.6) | 289 | (2.1) | 323 | (2.3) | 364 | (4.4) |
| British Columbia | 180 | (5.1) | 258 | (3.2) | 288 | (1.5) | 327 | (2.6) | 366 | (3.4) |
| Nova Scotia | 198 | (4.6) | 256 | (2.2) | 286 | (2.0) | 319 | (2.0) | 359 | (4.9) |
| Manitoba | 189 | (6.0) | 254 | (3.6) | 283 | (1.8) | 318 | (1.7) | 357 | (3.8) |
| Prince Edward Island | 187 | (8.0) | 252 | (4.4) | 282 | (2.8) | 316 | (3.8) | 363 | (9.5) |
| Canada | 178 | (2.1) | 251 | (1.3) | 281 | (0.7) | 318 | (0.7) | 359 | (1.2) |
| Northwest Territories | 172 | (9.9) | 247 | (3.6) | 280 | (2.3) | 319 | (2.5) | 362 | (5.7) |
| Ontario | 166 | (6.1) | 248 | (3.0) | 279 | (1.5) | 319 | (1.9) | 357 | (2.1) |
| Quebec | 186 | (3.1) | 245 | (1.4) | 275 | (0.9) | 309 | (1.8) | 353 | (2.8) |
| New Brunswick | 183 | (4.9) | 241 | (3.4) | 273 | (2.3) | 307 | (3.7) | 350 | (9.6) |
| Switzerland | 194 | (2.7) | 242 | (2.2) | 272 | (1.3) | 304 | (1.5) | 346 | (4.0) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 171 | (6.8) | 239 | (3.2) | 271 | (2.0) | 309 | (2.8) | 349 | (4.2) |
| United States | 176 | (3.5) | 236 | (1.6) | 269 | (1.3) | 306 | (1.9) | 347 | (2.2) |
| Nunavut | 124 | (6.1) | 181 | (5.3) | 232 | (2.6) | 282 | (4.6) | 340 | (8.5) |
| Italy | 136 | (3.9) | 192 | (2.8) | 229 | (1.7) | 267 | (1.9) | 319 | (2.2) |
| Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 143 | (4.2) | 206 | (0.9) | 228 | (0.7) | 256 | (0.9) | 292 | (1.7) |
| B. Document | ||||||||||
| Norway | 206 | (3.1) | 264 | (1.6) | 295 | (0.9) | 330 | (1.0) | 372 | (1.9) |
| Saskatchewan | 218 | (4.0) | 264 | (3.7) | 294 | (2.7) | 325 | (5.7) | 369 | (4.9) |
| Yukon | 203 | (8.2) | 264 | (3.9) | 294 | (2.1) | 328 | (2.9) | 367 | (5.3) |
| Alberta | 197 | (6.9) | 260 | (3.6) | 290 | (2.2) | 326 | (2.2) | 368 | (4.2) |
| British Columbia | 178 | (5.6) | 259 | (2.1) | 290 | (1.6) | 330 | (1.7) | 371 | (4.6) |
| Nova Scotia | 194 | (4.5) | 251 | (2.5) | 284 | (1.9) | 320 | (2.8) | 363 | (5.5) |
| Manitoba | 190 | (6.2) | 253 | (2.6) | 283 | (1.6) | 317 | (2.9) | 360 | (2.5) |
| Canada | 178 | (2.1) | 248 | (1.0) | 281 | (0.6) | 319 | (0.8) | 361 | (1.7) |
| Prince Edward Island | 187 | (6.9) | 248 | (3.6) | 281 | (3.0) | 316 | (3.5) | 363 | (8.7) |
| Bermuda | 185 | (3.5) | 244 | (2.4) | 280 | (1.5) | 318 | (1.8) | 370 | (2.2) |
| Northwest Territories | 174 | (9.9) | 246 | (3.9) | 280 | (2.2) | 320 | (3.0) | 364 | (5.5) |
| Ontario | 169 | (3.6) | 247 | (2.1) | 279 | (1.4) | 320 | (2.3) | 360 | (3.5) |
| Switzerland | 199 | (2.3) | 244 | (2.3) | 277 | (1.6) | 309 | (2.4) | 355 | (3.1) |
| Quebec | 182 | (3.1) | 240 | (2.0) | 273 | (1.3) | 309 | (1.7) | 356 | (4.7) |
| New Brunswick | 180 | (6.4) | 237 | (3.7) | 270 | (2.6) | 308 | (3.7) | 353 | (5.0) |
| United States | 174 | (3.6) | 236 | (1.7) | 270 | (1.5) | 309 | (2.2) | 353 | (2.4) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 171 | (5.0) | 234 | (2.9) | 269 | (2.0) | 308 | (3.7) | 351 | (3.9) |
| Nunavut | 128 | (6.1) | 185 | (3.7) | 234 | (3.2) | 280 | (4.5) | 339 | (5.9) |
| Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 112 | (5.0) | 200 | (1.4) | 226 | (1.1) | 262 | (1.0) | 305 | (2.2) |
| Italy | 128 | (3.4) | 188 | (2.3) | 226 | (1.7) | 266 | (2.2) | 317 | (2.9) |
| C. Numeracy | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 212 | (3.0) | 258 | (1.8) | 290 | (1.0) | 322 | (2.0) | 369 | (4.1) |
| Norway | 205 | (3.0) | 255 | (1.5) | 285 | (1.0) | 316 | (1.4) | 358 | (2.5) |
| Saskatchewan | 200 | (6.8) | 252 | (3.7) | 284 | (2.5) | 317 | (5.1) | 363 | (5.4) |
| Yukon | 189 | (6.1) | 251 | (4.0) | 283 | (2.0) | 319 | (3.4) | 365 | (5.5) |
| Alberta | 184 | (7.5) | 246 | (3.4) | 281 | (2.1) | 320 | (2.7) | 363 | (5.3) |
| British Columbia | 173 | (6.8) | 246 | (2.4) | 279 | (1.4) | 319 | (2.3) | 367 | (3.4) |
| Canada | 170 | (2.5) | 237 | (1.3) | 272 | (0.7) | 312 | (1.2) | 358 | (2.0) |
| Nova Scotia | 178 | (6.9) | 236 | (3.0) | 272 | (1.7) | 308 | (2.8) | 355 | (4.2) |
| Manitoba | 176 | (4.0) | 240 | (3.2) | 271 | (1.8) | 308 | (2.6) | 353 | (4.1) |
| Ontario | 161 | (4.1) | 234 | (2.4) | 270 | (1.5) | 312 | (3.5) | 356 | (3.3) |
| Bermuda | 177 | (2.5) | 233 | (2.4) | 270 | (1.6) | 309 | (2.0) | 359 | (2.8) |
| Quebec | 175 | (3.0) | 235 | (1.8) | 269 | (1.1) | 307 | (1.6) | 354 | (3.2) |
| Prince Edward Island | 177 | (9.9) | 237 | (3.5) | 269 | (2.8) | 305 | (4.4) | 353 | (7.7) |
| Northwest Territories | 161 | (6.1) | 231 | (3.2) | 269 | (2.1) | 310 | (3.1) | 360 | (4.8) |
| New Brunswick | 171 | (7.2) | 229 | (3.4) | 262 | (2.5) | 295 | (4.9) | 345 | (7.3) |
| United States | 163 | (2.6) | 222 | (2.1) | 261 | (1.5) | 302 | (2.1) | 351 | (3.0) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 166 | (4.4) | 223 | (3.2) | 259 | (2.0) | 297 | (3.5) | 342 | (3.0) |
| Italy | 149 | (3.9) | 200 | (2.1) | 233 | (1.4) | 267 | (1.6) | 314 | (2.0) |
| Nunavut | 114 | (6.2) | 170 | (4.6) | 220 | (3.2) | 270 | (5.2) | 333 | (7.2) |