Education
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, female (%)
% · higher is better · 87 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- 1Japan98.2%
- 2Poland93.8%
- 3Romania93%
- 4Chile92.4%
- 5Serbia91.6%
- 6Brazil90.2%
- 7Uzbekistan89.4%
- 8Bosnia and Herzegovina89.4%
- 9Jordan88.8%
- 10Albania88.8%
- 11Hungary87.5%
- 12Norway87%
- 13Armenia86.8%
- 14Montenegro86%
- 15Portugal85.8%
- 16Turkiye85.7%
- 17Korea, Rep.85.4%
- 18Finland85.3%
- 19Lithuania84.8%
- 20Czechia84.4%
- 21North Macedonia82.6%
- 22Slovenia82.4%
- 23Georgia82.3%
- 24Bulgaria81.5%
- 25Italy81.3%
- 26Denmark81.3%
- 27Latvia81%
- 28Azerbaijan80.8%
- 29Slovak Republic79.9%
- 30Saudi Arabia78.4%
- 31Netherlands78.2%
- 32Australia77.9%
- 33France77.6%
- 34Ireland77%
- 35Kazakhstan76.7%
- 36Sweden76.4%
- 37New Zealand74.5%
- 38United States74.1%
- 39Germany73.2%
- 40Oman72.2%
- 41Cyprus71.4%
- 42Iran, Islamic Rep.70.9%
- 43Canada69.4%
- 44Spain68.5%
- 45Macao SAR, China67.7%
- 46Bahrain63.4%
- 47Kuwait62.2%
- 48Hong Kong SAR, China56.9%
- 49Morocco55.9%
- 50Singapore52.5%
- 51Qatar51.8%
- 52United Arab Emirates46.5%
- 53South Africa35%
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, female (%)