we will consider each of these factors in turn with respect to literacy see figure norway and sweden are close to the nordic average with finnish adults scoring above the average while the mean scores of estonian and danish adults are below the nordic average regarding numeracy figure denmark norway and sweden all perform at the level of the nordic average while finland scores slightly above it and estonia below it for both literacy and numeracy the differences between countries mainly concern the proportion of adults with very high skills levels and the proportion of people with veiy low skills level and below however is very similar across countries ranging from in literacy and in numeracy