Adults who read only simple texts: up in 14 of 27 countries over 11 years, down in none
Adults aged 16–65 at level 1 or below, 2012 against 2023. Lithuania (+22 pp) and Poland (+21) rose most.
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Level 1 and below: a person understands a short simple text and finds one obvious detail, but cannot handle a long text or several sources.
Each bar is the rise, in percentage points, in the share of adults aged 16–65 at level 1 or below from 2012 to 2023: the seven largest.
- Lithuania: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+21.9 ± 6.1
- Poland: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+20.7 ± 5.6
- South Korea: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+17.5 ± 4.9
- New Zealand: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+13.4 ± 4.4
- Hungary: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+13.2 ± 5.1
- Slovakia: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+11.7 ± 5.4
- Austria: level 1 and below, change 2012→2023 pp
+11.4 ± 4.4
OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023, table A.3.2: change in shares by level with its error; significant beyond 1.96 errors.
Not adjusted for population makeup: in several countries the share of immigrants tested outside their first language grew in 11 years. The card does not separate causes.
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How would the score have changed if the population makeup had stayed the same?