Education
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted speaks language of the test parity index (LTPIA)
LTPIA · higher is better · 92 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2022
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League table
78 shown- 1Morocco1.4
- 2Cambodia1.3
- 3Qatar1.3
- 4Philippines1.2
- 5Uzbekistan1.2
- 6Ukraine1.1
- 7Saudi Arabia1.1
- 8United Arab Emirates0.99
- 9Canada0.96
- 10Ireland0.93
- 11Australia0.92
- 12Kazakhstan0.92
- 13Azerbaijan0.91
- 14Hong Kong SAR, China0.91
- 15Singapore0.9
- 16United Kingdom0.89
- 17Spain0.86
- 18Estonia0.85
- 19Moldova0.85
- 20United States0.85
- 21New Zealand0.84
- 22Indonesia0.82
- 23Macao SAR, China0.82
- 24West Bank and Gaza0.82
- 25Israel0.82
- 26Latvia0.81
- 27Italy0.81
- 28Albania0.8
- 29Norway0.78
- 30Malta0.77
- 31Portugal0.77
- 32Montenegro0.76
- 33Malaysia0.74
- 34Costa Rica0.74
- 35Belgium0.74
- 36Jordan0.74
- 37Jamaica0.73
- 38Hungary0.73
- 39Croatia0.72
- 40Denmark0.72
- 41Romania0.7
- 42Slovenia0.7
- 43Japan0.7
- 44Sweden0.69
- 45Austria0.69
- 46Turkiye0.69
- 47France0.68
- 48Chile0.68
- 49Poland0.68
- 50Switzerland0.68
- 51Czechia0.67
- 52Lithuania0.67
- 53Finland0.65
- 54Uruguay0.65
- 55Netherlands0.64
- 56Germany0.62
- 57Iceland0.61
- 58Brunei Darussalam0.61
- 59Viet Nam0.59
- 60El Salvador0.59
- 61Greece0.57
- 62Serbia0.56
- 63Korea, Rep.0.53
- 64Dominican Republic0.48
- 65Georgia0.48
- 66Thailand0.47
- 67Panama0.46
- 68Argentina0.46
- 69Slovak Republic0.45
- 70Colombia0.44
- 71Brazil0.42
- 72Mexico0.42
- 73North Macedonia0.38
- 74Bulgaria0.38
- 75Paraguay0.37
- 76Peru0.36
- 77Guatemala0.35
- 78Mongolia0.35
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted speaks language of the test parity index (LTPIA)