Education
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, rural areas, both sexes (%)
% · higher is better · 80 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2018
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League table
58 shown- 1Ireland87.5%
- 2Finland87%
- 3Estonia86.8%
- 4United Kingdom85%
- 5Denmark84.8%
- 6Sweden84.1%
- 7Poland80.6%
- 8Canada80%
- 9Slovenia78.8%
- 10Norway78.5%
- 11Switzerland76.1%
- 12Malta75.6%
- 13United States74.3%
- 14Austria73.7%
- 15New Zealand73.3%
- 16Iceland70.4%
- 17Australia66.4%
- 18Italy66.4%
- 19Latvia66.2%
- 20Russian Federation65.9%
- 21Czechia65%
- 22Israel61%
- 23Belarus59.9%
- 24France58.2%
- 25Lithuania57.7%
- 26Ukraine57.6%
- 27Greece54.2%
- 28Cyprus53.6%
- 29Qatar50.8%
- 30Malaysia49%
- 31Portugal46.7%
- 32Slovak Republic46.3%
- 33United Arab Emirates46.2%
- 34Chile46.1%
- 35Jordan45.3%
- 36Uruguay45.1%
- 37Moldova42.1%
- 38Brunei Darussalam39.8%
- 39Costa Rica39.6%
- 40Albania34.6%
- 41Bosnia and Herzegovina32.4%
- 42Hungary30.4%
- 43Colombia29.6%
- 44Mexico26.7%
- 45Saudi Arabia26.7%
- 46Romania24.8%
- 47Brazil24.6%
- 48Thailand22.8%
- 49Lebanon22.5%
- 50Georgia22.5%
- 51Kazakhstan22.2%
- 52Argentina19.9%
- 53Indonesia19.2%
- 54Bulgaria17.4%
- 55Panama15.6%
- 56Morocco12.1%
- 57Dominican Republic8.4%
- 58Philippines5.7%
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, rural areas, both sexes (%)