Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
47
Highest
85.4%
Korea
Lowest
17.8%
Indonesia
Median
64.2%
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
337

What the numbers show

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, female (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 85.4% in Korea; the lowest is 17.8% in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 64.2%, and the mean is 55.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 73.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 42.6%).

Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea 85.4% 2022 down 6.0% falling
2 Ireland 79.5% 2022 down 0.5% flat
3 Denmark 78.7% 2022 down 3.0% flat
4 Russian Federation 78.2% 2018 up 10.6% rising
5 Canada 77.6% 2022 down 8.7% falling
6 Finland 77.6% 2022 down 13.1% falling
7 Poland 77.2% 2022 down 9.0% rising
8 Latvia 77.1% 2022 down 4.6% rising
9 Slovenia 76.8% 2022 down 3.3% flat
10 Sweden 73.4% 2022 up 0.5% falling
11 Australia 72.4% 2022 down 6.3% falling
12 Lithuania 71.9% 2022 down 4.2% flat
13 Austria 71.8% 2022 down 7.7% falling
14 Czechia 71.7% 2022 down 3.3% falling
15 France 70.4% 2022 down 7.3% falling
16 Norway 70.0% 2022 down 9.8% flat
17 Spain 69.4% 2022 up 1.7% rising
18 Belgium 69.1% 2022 up 0.1% flat
19 Slovakia 67.2% 2022 down 6.7% falling
20 Croatia 66.4% 2022 down 2.3% flat
21 Iceland 65.7% 2022 down 17.2% falling
22 Portugal 65.6% 2022 down 1.4% rising
23 Netherlands 65.5% 2022 down 15.1% falling
24 Germany 64.2% 2022 down 14.2% flat
25 United States of America 64.1% 2022 down 13.3% falling
26 Luxembourg 62.9% 2018 down 0.1% rising
27 Israel 62.4% 2022 down 5.0% rising
28 Hungary 60.3% 2023 down 3.2% falling
29 Türkiye 59.5% 2023 up 73.4% volatile
30 Italy 57.1% 2023 down 5.0% rising
31 Serbia 54.9% 2022 down 6.1% flat
32 Greece 49.9% 2022 down 17.0% flat
33 Romania 47.9% 2022 down 12.9% flat
34 Bulgaria 44.9% 2022 down 16.0% flat
35 Uruguay 35.1% 2018 down 6.6% falling
36 Thailand 30.7% 2022 down 36.6% falling
37 Albania 28.6% 2022 down 25.5% rising
38 Mexico 27.2% 2022 down 22.7% rising
39 Iran, Islamic Republic of 25.6% 2023 up 35.2% rising
40 Brazil 22.0% 2022 down 3.5% rising
41 Colombia 21.7% 2022 up 32.2% rising
42 Argentina 20.4% 2022 down 18.2% falling
43 Chile 18.8% 2023 down 8.7% rising
44 Costa Rica 18.1% 2022 down 19.8% falling
45 Jordan 18.1% 2022 down 42.6% falling
46 Tunisia 17.9% 2015 up 10.4% rising
47 Indonesia 17.8% 2022 down 5.9% rising

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Indicator
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
47 places, 337 data points, 1995–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release