Education
Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, female (%)
% · 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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League table
42 shown- 1Korea, Rep.99.2%
- 2Japan99%
- 3Chile98.3%
- 4Hungary98.1%
- 5Romania96.9%
- 6Portugal96.4%
- 7Brazil95.8%
- 8Turkiye94.8%
- 9Lithuania94.4%
- 10Czechia94%
- 11Uzbekistan93.7%
- 12Georgia93.3%
- 13Finland93.1%
- 14Italy92.1%
- 15West Bank and Gaza91.8%
- 16Israel91.2%
- 17Saudi Arabia90.6%
- 18Azerbaijan90.6%
- 19Australia90.3%
- 20Kazakhstan90%
- 21Jordan89.9%
- 22France89.6%
- 23Ireland89%
- 24Norway89%
- 25New Zealand88.4%
- 26Sweden88.3%
- 27United States84.4%
- 28Singapore83.9%
- 29Austria82.5%
- 30Kuwait79%
- 31Cyprus77.2%
- 32Malaysia76.9%
- 33Bahrain76.5%
- 34Iran, Islamic Rep.73.9%
- 35Qatar73.5%
- 36Oman73%
- 37Cote d'Ivoire71.5%
- 38Hong Kong SAR, China62%
- 39United Arab Emirates61.6%
- 40Malta35.8%
- 41Morocco35.1%
- 42South Africa31.3%
Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, female (%)