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Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 84 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022

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  1. 1Ireland87.4%
  2. 2Korea, Rep.85.3%
  3. 3Estonia83.5%
  4. 4Canada81.1%
  5. 5Denmark80.8%
  6. 6United Kingdom79.7%
  7. 7United States79%
  8. 8Finland78.3%
  9. 9Italy77.9%
  10. 10Australia77.7%
  11. 11Poland76.7%
  12. 12Croatia76.3%
  13. 13Latvia76%
  14. 14Czechia75.4%
  15. 15Sweden75.2%
  16. 16Lithuania74.5%
  17. 17Switzerland74.5%
  18. 18Austria73.5%
  19. 19Slovenia73.4%
  20. 20Norway72.3%
  21. 21France71.9%
  22. 22Spain71.7%
  23. 23Portugal71.4%
  24. 24Hungary70.9%
  25. 25Israel69.3%
  26. 26Germany68.8%
  27. 27Turkiye68.1%
  28. 28Belgium67.9%
  29. 29Viet Nam65.1%
  30. 30Chile64.7%
  31. 31Slovak Republic63.9%
  32. 32Serbia62.8%
  33. 33Malta62.4%
  34. 34Greece59.8%
  35. 35Iceland59.7%
  36. 36Ukraine58.3%
  37. 37Netherlands58.1%
  38. 38Romania54.2%
  39. 39Qatar52.4%
  40. 40Moldova49.5%
  41. 41Jamaica48.4%
  42. 42Mexico46.7%
  43. 43Montenegro46.1%
  44. 44Peru45.5%
  45. 45Bulgaria44.3%
  46. 46Brazil43.5%
  47. 47Uruguay41.2%
  48. 48Malaysia41.1%
  49. 49Costa Rica38.4%
  50. 50Colombia38.4%
  51. 51Cyprus37.2%
  52. 52Kazakhstan36.1%
  53. 53Argentina35.8%
  54. 54Mongolia34.9%
  55. 55Panama32.8%
  56. 56Georgia32.6%
  57. 57Thailand31.1%
  58. 58Azerbaijan29.5%
  59. 59Paraguay27%
  60. 60North Macedonia25.7%
  61. 61Albania25.4%
  62. 62Indonesia22.9%
  63. 63Dominican Republic21.5%
  64. 64West Bank and Gaza21.3%
  65. 65El Salvador21.1%
  66. 66Philippines19.3%
  67. 67Jordan18.8%
  68. 68Guatemala17.5%
  69. 69Uzbekistan13.9%
  70. 70Morocco8.7%
  71. 71Cambodia4.4%

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, both sexes (%)