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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release