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Table 3 Mean of numeracy scores in different gender, immigrant and age groups, employed persons

From: Wage inequality, skill inequality, and employment: evidence and policy lessons from PIAAC

Country

Men

Women

Non-immigrant

Immigrant

Age (16–24)

Age (25–34)

Age (35–44)

Age (45–54)

Age (55–65)

All

Canada

277.32

265.33

275.95

262.5

271.71

281.94

277.63

266.11

258.61

271.6

Denmark

289.96

281.55

289.43

254.26

276.87

290.96

295.59

283.4

275.58

285.7

Finland

297.04

285.93

293.95

235.79

289.11

306.47

296.51

288.9

270.07

291.3

France

265

256.85

267.24

226.17

260.97

276.59

268.15

251.24

237.58

260.9

Germany

283.59

270.89

282.62

255.51

277.74

284.96

286.12

271.59

264.14

277.5

Ireland

270.05

259.66

265.4

261.01

262.43

271.13

270.8

257.91

243.34

264.5

Italy

255.82

254.19

258.65

222.72

232.03

265.66

257.54

252.8

240.83

255.1

Japan

298.07

285.35

292.56

266.98

282.61

301.13

299.47

295.66

275.15

292.5

Austria

285.77

273.26

285.14

254.9

274.1

285.03

285

277.38

269.32

279.7

Netherlands

294.13

280.31

291.8

255.46

287.44

298.73

292.58

282.48

268.82

287.4

Flanders

292.75

280.17

290.08

247.65

278.4

298.8

290.91

282.82

268.42

286.6

Norway

292.16

279.36

291.67

246.83

277.99

289.73

295.24

286.3

272.43

285.8

Spain

263.63

250.8

261.33

230.15

258.98

262.94

264.37

253.4

234.01

257.5

Sweden

292.2

281.69

294.12

255.36

286.57

297.08

293.2

282.35

276.34

287.2

UK

276.96

264.64

275.51

249.84

263.29

279.51

278.94

264.14

261.01

270.9

USA

265.71

253.79

265.64

235.46

249.81

260.34

257.48

250.39

247.07

260.0

  1. Source: calculations based on PIAAC