Education
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, did not speak the language of the test at home, both sexes (%)
% · 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- 1Singapore83.1%
- 2Ireland83%
- 3Canada79.8%
- 4Hong Kong SAR, China76.3%
- 5Macao SAR, China74.2%
- 6Estonia74.1%
- 7Australia74%
- 8United Kingdom73%
- 9United States69.7%
- 10New Zealand69.1%
- 11Spain67.5%
- 12Ukraine66.1%
- 13Italy65.8%
- 14Qatar65.6%
- 15Latvia64.5%
- 16Malta61.2%
- 17Japan60.3%
- 18Portugal60.1%
- 19Israel60%
- 20Denmark59.6%
- 21Norway59%
- 22Belgium58.4%
- 23Switzerland56.8%
- 24Croatia56.6%
- 25Sweden56.6%
- 26Austria56.1%
- 27Czechia54.2%
- 28Hungary54%
- 29Poland53.8%
- 30Slovenia53.5%
- 31United Arab Emirates53.4%
- 32Finland53.3%
- 33Brunei Darussalam53.1%
- 34France52.2%
- 35Lithuania51.4%
- 36Germany50.9%
- 37Turkiye49.9%
- 38Viet Nam46.7%
- 39Chile45.9%
- 40Korea, Rep.45.2%
- 41Netherlands45.1%
- 42Moldova44.1%
- 43Romania41.5%
- 44Saudi Arabia40.5%
- 45Costa Rica39.7%
- 46Uruguay39.2%
- 47Iceland38.6%
- 48Jamaica38.3%
- 49Greece37.3%
- 50Montenegro36.3%
- 51Serbia36%
- 52Malaysia34.3%
- 53Kazakhstan33.7%
- 54Slovak Republic30.8%
- 55Azerbaijan29.8%
- 56Philippines24.1%
- 57Indonesia23.3%
- 58Mexico22.7%
- 59Albania22.2%
- 60Colombia22%
- 61Argentina21.8%
- 62Brazil21.5%
- 63Panama21.4%
- 64Morocco20%
- 65Bulgaria19.8%
- 66West Bank and Gaza19.4%
- 67Peru18.5%
- 68Paraguay17.8%
- 69Georgia17.3%
- 70El Salvador16.8%
- 71Thailand16.5%
- 72Uzbekistan16.5%
- 73Jordan15.7%
- 74Mongolia13%
- 75Dominican Republic12.5%
- 76Cambodia11.8%
- 76Guatemala11.8%
- 77North Macedonia10.7%
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, did not speak the language of the test at home, both sexes (%)