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Average literacy score (PIAAC test) vs national literacy rate, 2015

The vertical axis measures literacy rates for population aged 15 and older, according to UNESCO estimates combining different measurement methodologies. The
horizontal axis shows average scores in the PIAAC test, which measures reading in a continuous scale (vocabulary, sentence comprehension and passage fluency).

PIAAC: Mean Adult Literacy Proficiency. Total230240250260270Adultliteracyrate,population15+years,bothsexes(%)RussiaRussiaTurkeyTurkeyItalyItalyChileChileGreeceGreeceSingaporeSingaporeLithuaniaLithuaniaAsiaEuropeSouth America

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)