Singapore: 16–24-year-olds read 65 points better than 55–65-year-olds; in Sweden there is no gap
Adults in 31 countries in 2023, one reading test. On the OECD average the young lead by 30 points.
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The gap between generations inside one country in one year. Wide gaps appear where older people went to school before education expanded. It mixes age (skills fade) and generation (what schooling each had).
Each bar is the mean of 16–24-year-olds minus that of 55–65-year-olds: the four widest gaps, the US and the three narrowest. Left means the older group is higher.
- Singapore: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+65.4
- Chile: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+61
- South Korea: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+58.5
- Estonia: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+50.3
- United States: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+13
- Slovakia: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+6.8
- Sweden: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
+1
- New Zealand: gap 16–24 minus 55–65, 2023 points
−0.9
OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023, table A.2.4: means by age, the difference and its standard error.
Not adjusted for education, gender or background. Where the gap is near zero the young do not necessarily read poorly: the older read well there too.
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What was it like in Russia in 2012?