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Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 97 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2023
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  1. 1Korea, Rep.99.2%
  2. 2Japan98.7%
  3. 3Hungary97.8%
  4. 4Chile97.4%
  5. 5Romania95.9%
  6. 6Portugal95.9%
  7. 7Brazil95%
  8. 8Czechia94.3%
  9. 9Lithuania94.2%
  10. 10Turkiye94%
  11. 11Georgia93.6%
  12. 12Uzbekistan93.2%
  13. 13Finland93.2%
  14. 14Israel91.4%
  15. 15Kazakhstan90.7%
  16. 16Italy90.3%
  17. 17West Bank and Gaza90.2%
  18. 18France90.2%
  19. 19Saudi Arabia90%
  20. 20Azerbaijan90%
  21. 21Jordan89.8%
  22. 22Australia89.5%
  23. 23New Zealand88%
  24. 24Norway87.9%
  25. 25Ireland87.3%
  26. 26Sweden86.1%
  27. 27United States86.1%
  28. 28Singapore82.2%
  29. 29Austria81.9%
  30. 30Kuwait80.2%
  31. 31Cyprus75.9%
  32. 32Bahrain75.8%
  33. 33Malaysia75.8%
  34. 34Oman75.6%
  35. 35Cote d'Ivoire71.2%
  36. 36Iran, Islamic Rep.70.4%
  37. 37Qatar69.7%
  38. 38Hong Kong SAR, China61.9%
  39. 39United Arab Emirates58.7%
  40. 40Malta35.5%
  41. 41Morocco34.1%
  42. 42South Africa29.6%

Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, both sexes (%)