Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
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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2026-05-27
There is a strong association between results from compulsory school and skills in literacy and numeracy later in life. The higher the results from compulsory school, the higher the skills later in life. This applies to both women and men and for both literacy and numeracy. However, in numeracy, a larger share of men than women reach the highest skill levels regardless of their compulsory school results.
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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 | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Skills among young adults | Swedish | 2026-05-27 |
| Skills, education and work among foreign born | Swedish | 2026-01-29 |
| Education and employment among foreign born persons | Swedish | 2025-12-16 |
| PIAAC 2023 | Swedish | 2024-12-10 |
| Theme: Education 2015:2 Adults with weak skills | Swedish | 2015-01-30 |
| Theme: Education 2013:2 The survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) | Swedish | 2013-10-08 |
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