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Average Reading Scores of 15-Year-Olds in Selected Countries, 2003

Country Score Rank
Finland 543 1
Korea 534 2
Canada 528 3
Australia 525 4
New Zealand 522 5
Ireland 515 6
Sweden 514 7
Netherlands 513 8
Belgium 507 9
Norway 500 10
Switzerland 499 11
Japan 498 12
Poland 497 13
France 496 14
United States 495 15
Denmark 492 16
Iceland 492
Austria 491 17
Germany 491
Czech Republic 489 18
Hungary 482 19
Spain 481 20
Luxembourg 479 21
Italy 476 22
Portugal 478
Greece 472 23
Slovak Republic 469 24
Turkey 441 25
Mexico 400 26
Source: National Endowment for the Arts, To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, November 2007.

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Weekly Average Hours and/or Minutes Spent on Various Activities by American Children Trends in Reading and Publishing