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Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, both sexes (%)

% · higher is better · 94 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022
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  1. 1Singapore88.8%
  2. 2Ireland88.6%
  3. 3Macao SAR, China87.4%
  4. 4Japan86.3%
  5. 5Estonia86.2%
  6. 6Korea, Rep.85.3%
  7. 7Hong Kong SAR, China82.5%
  8. 8Canada81.9%
  9. 9Denmark81%
  10. 10United States79.9%
  11. 11United Kingdom79.9%
  12. 12New Zealand79.3%
  13. 13Australia78.8%
  14. 14Czechia78.7%
  15. 15Italy78.6%
  16. 16Finland78.6%
  17. 17Poland77.8%
  18. 18Croatia77.3%
  19. 19Latvia77.2%
  20. 20Viet Nam77.1%
  21. 21Portugal76.9%
  22. 22Sweden75.7%
  23. 23Spain75.6%
  24. 24Switzerland75.4%
  25. 25Lithuania75.1%
  26. 26Belgium74.7%
  27. 27Austria74.7%
  28. 28Germany74.5%
  29. 29Hungary74.1%
  30. 30Slovenia73.9%
  31. 31France73.1%
  32. 32Norway72.5%
  33. 33Turkiye70.7%
  34. 34Israel70.4%
  35. 35Chile66.3%
  36. 36Netherlands65.4%
  37. 37Slovak Republic64.6%
  38. 38Malta63.7%
  39. 39Serbia63.6%
  40. 40Greece62.4%
  41. 41Iceland60.3%
  42. 42Ukraine59.1%
  43. 43Uruguay58.9%
  44. 44Romania58.3%
  45. 45Brunei Darussalam57.8%
  46. 46Mexico53%
  47. 47Costa Rica52.9%
  48. 48Qatar52.7%
  49. 49United Arab Emirates52%
  50. 50Moldova51.2%
  51. 51Jamaica50%
  52. 52Brazil49.7%
  53. 53Peru49.6%
  54. 54Colombia48.6%
  55. 55Bulgaria47.1%
  56. 55Montenegro47.1%
  57. 56Argentina45.5%
  58. 57Panama42.2%
  59. 58Malaysia41.9%
  60. 59Cyprus39.4%
  61. 60Saudi Arabia37.4%
  62. 61Kazakhstan36.3%
  63. 62Mongolia35.9%
  64. 63Thailand34.6%
  65. 64Paraguay33.8%
  66. 65Georgia33.1%
  67. 66Guatemala31.6%
  68. 67Azerbaijan30.8%
  69. 68El Salvador28%
  70. 69North Macedonia26.4%
  71. 70Albania26.3%
  72. 71Indonesia25.5%
  73. 72Dominican Republic24.6%
  74. 73Philippines23.7%
  75. 74West Bank and Gaza22.9%
  76. 75Jordan20.4%
  77. 76Morocco18.9%
  78. 77Uzbekistan14.1%
  79. 78Cambodia7.9%

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, both sexes (%)