Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Upcoming publishing: 2026-01-29
The statistics show basic knowledge and skills of adults that are used in everyday life and required for successful participation in society, for example, reading comprehension, numeracy, and problem solving with the help of IT/computers broken down by sex, age, foreign background, employment and educational background.
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2025-12-16
In 2024, there were 1.7 million people aged 16–65 in Sweden who were born abroad. This corresponds to a quarter of the population of the same age. A large proportion of them, at least 80 percent, have participated in some form of education in Sweden and 60 percent are established in the labour market.
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Name Type Date Averages for literacy Excel file Average scores for numeracy Excel file Proportion of the adult population (16–65 years) by achievement Levels in problemsolving with the help of internet/computer Excel file
Publications
| Title | Language | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and employment among foreign born persons | Swedish | Report | 2025-12-16 |
| PIAAC 2023 | Swedish | Report | 2024-12-10 |
| Theme: Education 2015:2 Adults with weak skills | Swedish | Rapport | 2015-01-30 |
| Theme: Education 2013:2 The survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) | Swedish | Rapport | 2013-10-08 |
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