Education
Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, very poor socioeconomic background, 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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League table
42 shown- 1Korea, Rep.98.9%
- 2Japan98.4%
- 3Hungary97.5%
- 4Chile97%
- 5Romania95.7%
- 6Portugal95.4%
- 7Brazil94.2%
- 8Lithuania93.7%
- 9Czechia93.7%
- 10Uzbekistan93.3%
- 11Israel92.3%
- 12Georgia91.9%
- 13Turkiye91.5%
- 14Finland91.5%
- 15Kazakhstan91.1%
- 16Saudi Arabia91.1%
- 17West Bank and Gaza90.9%
- 18Azerbaijan90.2%
- 19Jordan88.9%
- 20Australia87.8%
- 21New Zealand86.7%
- 22France86.5%
- 23Ireland85.5%
- 24Italy85.4%
- 25Norway83.5%
- 26Sweden82.3%
- 27Singapore81.9%
- 28United States80.8%
- 29Kuwait80.2%
- 30Bahrain77.8%
- 31Austria75.7%
- 32Cyprus75.1%
- 33Oman75.1%
- 34Malaysia73.5%
- 35Qatar70.2%
- 36Hong Kong SAR, China66.6%
- 37Cote d'Ivoire65.2%
- 38Iran, Islamic Rep.64.8%
- 39United Arab Emirates55.1%
- 40Morocco31.7%
- 41Malta30.5%
- 42South Africa22%
Percentage of students in lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, very poor socioeconomic background, both sexes (%)