Education
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, both sexes (%)
% · higher is better · 109 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2023
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League table
53 shown- 1Japan98.1%
- 2Poland93.8%
- 3Chile92.6%
- 4Serbia92.4%
- 5Romania92.3%
- 6Albania90.4%
- 7Bosnia and Herzegovina90.4%
- 8Uzbekistan89.4%
- 9Brazil89.3%
- 10Jordan89.1%
- 11Armenia88.1%
- 12Hungary87.9%
- 13Norway86.6%
- 14Turkiye86.4%
- 15Czechia85.7%
- 16Portugal85.5%
- 17Montenegro85.1%
- 18Georgia84.7%
- 19Lithuania84.5%
- 20Finland84.4%
- 21Slovenia83.1%
- 22North Macedonia83%
- 23Korea, Rep.82.8%
- 24Azerbaijan82.4%
- 25Italy82.1%
- 26Latvia82%
- 27Denmark81%
- 28Slovak Republic80.7%
- 29Bulgaria80.3%
- 30Kazakhstan79.9%
- 31Australia79.2%
- 32France79%
- 33Netherlands78.8%
- 34Saudi Arabia78.3%
- 35Sweden77.3%
- 36Ireland76.9%
- 37United States76.8%
- 38New Zealand75.9%
- 39Germany74.5%
- 40Oman72.5%
- 41Cyprus71.4%
- 42Canada71%
- 43Iran, Islamic Rep.70%
- 44Macao SAR, China69.1%
- 45Spain67.9%
- 46Kuwait63.6%
- 47Bahrain62.4%
- 48Hong Kong SAR, China58.1%
- 49Singapore56.6%
- 50Morocco55.5%
- 51Qatar51%
- 52United Arab Emirates45.1%
- 53South Africa35.4%
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, both sexes (%)