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

% · higher is better · 91 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022
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  1. 1Macao SAR, China85.1%
  2. 2Hong Kong SAR, China77.1%
  3. 3Estonia74.4%
  4. 4Ireland74.2%
  5. 5Singapore72%
  6. 6Japan71.1%
  7. 7Viet Nam70.6%
  8. 8United Kingdom69.6%
  9. 9United States67.3%
  10. 10Korea, Rep.65.9%
  11. 11Turkiye64.3%
  12. 12Portugal63.6%
  13. 13Croatia63%
  14. 14New Zealand62%
  15. 15Canada61.9%
  16. 16Italy61.8%
  17. 17Poland60.8%
  18. 18Latvia60.7%
  19. 19Spain59.6%
  20. 20Germany59.3%
  21. 21Finland58.8%
  22. 22Australia56.5%
  23. 23Lithuania56.1%
  24. 24Chile53.8%
  25. 25Czechia52.8%
  26. 26Denmark52.1%
  27. 27Belgium51.7%
  28. 28France51.3%
  29. 29Austria49.2%
  30. 30Switzerland49.1%
  31. 31Slovenia48.8%
  32. 32Sweden48.8%
  33. 33Uruguay47.1%
  34. 34Malta46.7%
  35. 35Greece45.2%
  36. 36Hungary44.7%
  37. 37Norway43.8%
  38. 38Serbia43.5%
  39. 39Jamaica40.7%
  40. 40Mexico40.6%
  41. 41Netherlands40.6%
  42. 42Brazil39.1%
  43. 43Slovak Republic38.4%
  44. 44Israel38.4%
  45. 45Brunei Darussalam37.9%
  46. 46Iceland37.6%
  47. 47Ukraine37.3%
  48. 48Peru36.6%
  49. 49Colombia35.6%
  50. 50Romania35.6%
  51. 51Moldova34.1%
  52. 52Argentina32.1%
  53. 53Montenegro29.3%
  54. 54Malaysia28.6%
  55. 55Qatar28.4%
  56. 56United Arab Emirates27.9%
  57. 57Panama26.3%
  58. 58Kazakhstan25.8%
  59. 59Saudi Arabia25.1%
  60. 60Thailand24.8%
  61. 61Paraguay23.3%
  62. 62Guatemala22.1%
  63. 63Bulgaria21.5%
  64. 64Azerbaijan21.1%
  65. 65Albania20.4%
  66. 66Indonesia20%
  67. 67Georgia19.6%
  68. 68Mongolia19.5%
  69. 69El Salvador18.5%
  70. 70Philippines16.1%
  71. 71West Bank and Gaza15.6%
  72. 72Morocco15%
  73. 73Dominican Republic13.8%
  74. 74North Macedonia13.3%
  75. 75Jordan11.5%
  76. 76Uzbekistan10.5%
  77. 77Cambodia6.4%

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