Education
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, female (%)
% · higher is better · 83 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022
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League table
70 shown- 1Ireland90.7%
- 2Korea, Rep.90%
- 3Estonia88.6%
- 4Finland85.4%
- 5Canada85.1%
- 6Denmark84.5%
- 7United Kingdom83.1%
- 8United States82.9%
- 9Croatia82.6%
- 10Poland82.5%
- 11Slovenia82.4%
- 12Italy82.3%
- 13Latvia81.9%
- 14Australia81.8%
- 15Sweden81.4%
- 16Lithuania80.7%
- 17Czechia80.3%
- 18Norway79.5%
- 19Switzerland79.1%
- 20Spain77.4%
- 21Austria77%
- 22Portugal76.6%
- 23France76.2%
- 24Hungary75%
- 25Israel74.8%
- 26Turkiye74%
- 27Belgium72.9%
- 28Germany72.1%
- 29Viet Nam71.3%
- 30Slovak Republic70.1%
- 31Malta69.5%
- 32Serbia69.3%
- 33Chile67.4%
- 34Iceland66.9%
- 35Greece66%
- 36Netherlands63.9%
- 37Ukraine63.9%
- 38Qatar61.1%
- 39Romania59.5%
- 40Moldova57.1%
- 41Jamaica56%
- 42Montenegro55%
- 43Bulgaria50.7%
- 44Malaysia49.3%
- 45Mexico48.9%
- 46Brazil48.5%
- 47Peru47.4%
- 48Uruguay46.1%
- 49Kazakhstan42.5%
- 50Colombia41.9%
- 51Costa Rica41.2%
- 52Mongolia41.1%
- 53Argentina40.7%
- 54Georgia40.6%
- 55Panama37.7%
- 56Thailand37.7%
- 57Azerbaijan36.5%
- 58Albania33.9%
- 59Paraguay31.5%
- 60North Macedonia30.9%
- 61West Bank and Gaza30.4%
- 62Dominican Republic27.5%
- 63Indonesia27.2%
- 64Philippines26%
- 65Jordan25.9%
- 66El Salvador24%
- 67Guatemala17.9%
- 68Uzbekistan16%
- 69Morocco9.8%
- 70Cambodia5.5%
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, female (%)