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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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  1. 1Singapore83.1%
  2. 2Ireland83%
  3. 3Canada79.8%
  4. 4Hong Kong SAR, China76.3%
  5. 5Macao SAR, China74.2%
  6. 6Estonia74.1%
  7. 7Australia74%
  8. 8United Kingdom73%
  9. 9United States69.7%
  10. 10New Zealand69.1%
  11. 11Spain67.5%
  12. 12Ukraine66.1%
  13. 13Italy65.8%
  14. 14Qatar65.6%
  15. 15Latvia64.5%
  16. 16Malta61.2%
  17. 17Japan60.3%
  18. 18Portugal60.1%
  19. 19Israel60%
  20. 20Denmark59.6%
  21. 21Norway59%
  22. 22Belgium58.4%
  23. 23Switzerland56.8%
  24. 24Croatia56.6%
  25. 25Sweden56.6%
  26. 26Austria56.1%
  27. 27Czechia54.2%
  28. 28Hungary54%
  29. 29Poland53.8%
  30. 30Slovenia53.5%
  31. 31United Arab Emirates53.4%
  32. 32Finland53.3%
  33. 33Brunei Darussalam53.1%
  34. 34France52.2%
  35. 35Lithuania51.4%
  36. 36Germany50.9%
  37. 37Turkiye49.9%
  38. 38Viet Nam46.7%
  39. 39Chile45.9%
  40. 40Korea, Rep.45.2%
  41. 41Netherlands45.1%
  42. 42Moldova44.1%
  43. 43Romania41.5%
  44. 44Saudi Arabia40.5%
  45. 45Costa Rica39.7%
  46. 46Uruguay39.2%
  47. 47Iceland38.6%
  48. 48Jamaica38.3%
  49. 49Greece37.3%
  50. 50Montenegro36.3%
  51. 51Serbia36%
  52. 52Malaysia34.3%
  53. 53Kazakhstan33.7%
  54. 54Slovak Republic30.8%
  55. 55Azerbaijan29.8%
  56. 56Philippines24.1%
  57. 57Indonesia23.3%
  58. 58Mexico22.7%
  59. 59Albania22.2%
  60. 60Colombia22%
  61. 61Argentina21.8%
  62. 62Brazil21.5%
  63. 63Panama21.4%
  64. 64Morocco20%
  65. 65Bulgaria19.8%
  66. 66West Bank and Gaza19.4%
  67. 67Peru18.5%
  68. 68Paraguay17.8%
  69. 69Georgia17.3%
  70. 70El Salvador16.8%
  71. 71Thailand16.5%
  72. 72Uzbekistan16.5%
  73. 73Jordan15.7%
  74. 74Mongolia13%
  75. 75Dominican Republic12.5%
  76. 76Cambodia11.8%
  77. 76Guatemala11.8%
  78. 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 (%)

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 (%) by country 2022 | worldgovdata