Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Upcoming publishing: 2026-04-28
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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2026-01-29
Coming to a new country often means starting over – with the language, with the education and with working life. The results from PIAAC 2023 show that foreign born people on average have lower literacy and numeracy skills than Swedish born people, but that the skills are clearly strengthened with more years in Sweden, higher education and establishment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills, education and work among foreign born | Swedish | Report | 2026-01-29 |
| 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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