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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Oh I couldn't get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now.

Just figured out the apples to apples term to search is "functionally illiterate"

From a quick glance it seems to be about 18% (UK) vs 21% for the US. So as I expected, better but not anything to write home about.

https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/