Education
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, male (%)
% · 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%
- 2Poland93.8%
- 3Serbia93.1%
- 4Chile92.9%
- 5Albania91.9%
- 6Romania91.7%
- 7Bosnia and Herzegovina91.4%
- 8Jordan89.4%
- 9Armenia89.4%
- 10Uzbekistan89.4%
- 11Brazil88.5%
- 12Hungary88.4%
- 13Turkiye87.2%
- 14Georgia87.2%
- 15Czechia86.9%
- 16Norway86.2%
- 17Portugal85.2%
- 18Lithuania84.3%
- 19Montenegro84.2%
- 20Slovenia83.9%
- 21Azerbaijan83.8%
- 22Finland83.5%
- 23North Macedonia83.5%
- 24Kazakhstan83%
- 25Latvia83%
- 26Italy82.8%
- 27Slovak Republic81.4%
- 28Denmark80.7%
- 29Australia80.6%
- 30France80.5%
- 31Korea, Rep.80.3%
- 32United States79.5%
- 33Netherlands79.5%
- 34Bulgaria79.3%
- 35Sweden78.3%
- 36Saudi Arabia78.2%
- 37New Zealand77.3%
- 38Ireland76.8%
- 39Germany75.7%
- 40Oman72.8%
- 41Canada72.7%
- 42Cyprus71.3%
- 43Macao SAR, China70.5%
- 44Iran, Islamic Rep.69%
- 45Spain67.4%
- 46Kuwait65.1%
- 47Bahrain61.5%
- 48Singapore60.6%
- 49Hong Kong SAR, China59.3%
- 50Morocco55.1%
- 51Qatar50.3%
- 52United Arab Emirates43.8%
- 53South Africa35.9%
Percentage of students at the end of primary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction, male (%)