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