Education
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, male (%)
% · 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- 1Ireland84.2%
- 2Korea, Rep.81.1%
- 3Estonia78.9%
- 4Canada77.3%
- 5Denmark77.2%
- 6United Kingdom76.5%
- 7United States75.1%
- 8Australia73.6%
- 9Italy73.4%
- 10Finland71.5%
- 11Poland71.1%
- 12Czechia70.6%
- 13Croatia70.4%
- 14Austria70.2%
- 15Latvia70.1%
- 16Switzerland70%
- 17Sweden69.1%
- 18Lithuania68.2%
- 19France67.6%
- 20Hungary66.9%
- 21Portugal66.4%
- 22Spain66.4%
- 23Germany65.6%
- 24Norway65.5%
- 25Slovenia64.8%
- 26Israel64.1%
- 27Belgium62.9%
- 28Turkiye62.3%
- 29Chile62.2%
- 30Viet Nam59%
- 31Slovak Republic58.3%
- 32Serbia56.5%
- 33Malta55.6%
- 34Greece53.8%
- 35Ukraine52.8%
- 36Iceland52.7%
- 37Netherlands52.7%
- 38Romania48.9%
- 39Mexico44.3%
- 40Qatar43.9%
- 41Peru43.5%
- 42Moldova42.6%
- 43Jamaica39.7%
- 44Brazil38.7%
- 45Bulgaria38.6%
- 46Montenegro37.7%
- 47Uruguay36.8%
- 48Costa Rica35.8%
- 49Colombia34.9%
- 50Malaysia32.9%
- 51Argentina31.4%
- 52Kazakhstan29.9%
- 53Mongolia28.9%
- 54Panama28.2%
- 55Georgia25.2%
- 56Thailand24.5%
- 57Azerbaijan23.1%
- 58Paraguay22.7%
- 59North Macedonia20.9%
- 60Indonesia18.5%
- 61El Salvador18.3%
- 62Albania17.7%
- 63Guatemala17%
- 64Dominican Republic15.6%
- 65Philippines13.3%
- 66Uzbekistan11.8%
- 67West Bank and Gaza11.3%
- 68Jordan11.2%
- 69Morocco7.5%
- 70Cambodia3.2%
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, male (%)