Russia, 2012: young and old read equally well, 274 and 275 points; in Korea the gap was 49
In Singapore 16–24-year-olds led 55–65-year-olds by 70 points, 25 on the OECD average. England showed almost no gap either.
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Where the older generation already had mass schooling and the younger did not get much better, ages are close. Where education caught up fast, the young are far ahead.
Each bar is the mean of 16–24-year-olds minus that of 55–65-year-olds in the first round of the adult test. Left means the older group is higher.
- Singapore: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
286.7 / 217
- South Korea: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
292.9 / 244.1
- Finland: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
296.7 / 259.7
- OECD average: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
273.5 / 248.4
- United States: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
273.2 / 262.3
- England: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
265.4 / 265.3
- Russia: 16–24 / 55–65, first cycle points
274 / 274.7
OECD Survey of Adult Skills, first cycle (2012, 2015, 2017), Skills Matter 2019 report, table A3.5: means by age. Singapore is 2015, the US 2012/2017.
Russia excludes Moscow and the Moscow region; the OECD reports it separately because of sampling issues. Russia did not take part in 2023, so there is nothing newer.
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What does the generation gap look like in 2023?