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Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022
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League table
78 shown- 1West Bank and Gaza1.6
- 2Jordan1.6
- 3Albania1.5
- 4Philippines1.4
- 5Azerbaijan1.4
- 6Georgia1.4
- 7Saudi Arabia1.4
- 8Dominican Republic1.4
- 9Cambodia1.3
- 10Malaysia1.3
- 11North Macedonia1.3
- 12Montenegro1.3
- 13Kazakhstan1.3
- 14Thailand1.3
- 15Indonesia1.3
- 16Morocco1.3
- 17Qatar1.3
- 18Mongolia1.3
- 19Jamaica1.3
- 20United Arab Emirates1.3
- 21Uzbekistan1.3
- 22Moldova1.2
- 23Bulgaria1.2
- 24Brunei Darussalam1.2
- 25Iceland1.2
- 26Slovenia1.2
- 27Malta1.2
- 28Paraguay1.2
- 29Serbia1.2
- 30Romania1.2
- 31Greece1.2
- 32Norway1.2
- 33Panama1.2
- 34El Salvador1.2
- 35Ukraine1.2
- 36Slovak Republic1.2
- 37Finland1.2
- 38Lithuania1.2
- 39Turkiye1.2
- 40Sweden1.1
- 41Croatia1.1
- 42Netherlands1.1
- 43Brazil1.1
- 44Israel1.1
- 45Latvia1.1
- 46Poland1.1
- 47Argentina1.1
- 48Belgium1.1
- 49Czechia1.1
- 50Spain1.1
- 51Switzerland1.1
- 52Viet Nam1.1
- 53Colombia1.1
- 54New Zealand1.1
- 55Italy1.1
- 56Portugal1.1
- 57France1.1
- 58Korea, Rep.1.1
- 59Australia1.1
- 60Uruguay1.1
- 61Hungary1.1
- 62United States1.1
- 63Canada1.1
- 64Denmark1.1
- 65Hong Kong SAR, China1.1
- 66Germany1.1
- 67Estonia1.1
- 68Austria1.1
- 69Guatemala1.1
- 70United Kingdom1.1
- 71Peru1.1
- 72Mexico1.1
- 73Japan1.1
- 74Ireland1.1
- 75Chile1.1
- 76Macao SAR, China1.1
- 77Singapore1.1
- 78Costa Rica1
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)