Education
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, non-immigrant 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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League table
77 shown- 1Ireland89.6%
- 2Singapore88.4%
- 3Estonia87.5%
- 4Korea, Rep.85.8%
- 5Denmark84%
- 6Macao SAR, China84%
- 7Hong Kong SAR, China83.9%
- 8Sweden83.3%
- 9Switzerland83%
- 10Canada82.6%
- 11United States82%
- 12United Kingdom82%
- 13Finland81.9%
- 14Germany81.5%
- 15New Zealand81.3%
- 16Austria81.3%
- 17Italy80.5%
- 18Belgium80%
- 19Czechia79.7%
- 20Poland79.3%
- 21Australia78.9%
- 22Portugal78.7%
- 23Spain78.6%
- 24Croatia78.5%
- 25Latvia78%
- 26Viet Nam77.7%
- 27France77.4%
- 28Norway76.9%
- 29Lithuania76.6%
- 30Slovenia76.6%
- 31Hungary74.5%
- 32Israel73.9%
- 33Turkiye71.7%
- 34Netherlands71.6%
- 35Chile68.6%
- 36Slovak Republic66.4%
- 37Greece66.3%
- 38Malta65.6%
- 39Serbia63.7%
- 40Iceland63.3%
- 41Uruguay60.1%
- 42Romania59.8%
- 43Ukraine58.2%
- 44Brunei Darussalam56.4%
- 45Costa Rica55.2%
- 46Mexico54.9%
- 47Jamaica53.8%
- 48Brazil52.8%
- 49Moldova52%
- 50Colombia51.4%
- 51Peru50.8%
- 52Bulgaria50.2%
- 53Montenegro47.9%
- 54Argentina46.8%
- 55Panama44.4%
- 56Malaysia43.2%
- 57Kazakhstan37.1%
- 58Mongolia36.8%
- 59Georgia36.1%
- 60Qatar36%
- 61Saudi Arabia35.8%
- 62United Arab Emirates35.7%
- 63Thailand35.7%
- 64Paraguay35.6%
- 65Azerbaijan33.9%
- 66Guatemala33.5%
- 67El Salvador29.5%
- 68Albania29.4%
- 69North Macedonia28%
- 70Dominican Republic27%
- 71Indonesia26.2%
- 72Philippines25.3%
- 73West Bank and Gaza24.2%
- 74Jordan21.3%
- 75Morocco19.5%
- 76Uzbekistan14.4%
- 77Cambodia8.3%
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, non-immigrant background, both sexes (%)