In Germany, the national average skills level of adults (16-64 year-olds) is below the average for literacy among countries participating in the 2012 Survey of Adult Skills and above the average for numeracy. Young adults (16-24 year-olds) have, on average, higher skills proficiency levels than 25-64 year-olds in Germany, and their skills levels are at or above the average of their peers in other participating countries. Germany’s unemployment rates are among the lowest across OECD countries (5.7% of 25-64 year-olds in 2011, compared to the OECD average of 7.1%), and Germany is the only OECD country where unemployment rates fell between 2008 and 2011 (in March 2013, unemployment was 5.4%, compared to the OECD average of 7.9%). Young people are well integrated in the labour market, and only 11 % of 15-29 year-olds were not in education and not employed in 2011 (compared to the OECD average of 15.8%) (Figure 4).