Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
47
Highest
82.3%
Korea
Lowest
13.3%
Jordan
Median
64.8%
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, male (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 82.3% in Korea; the lowest is 13.3% in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.8%, and the mean is 55.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 58.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 45.5%).
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea | 82.3% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 2 | Ireland | 80.2% | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 80.0% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 77.8% | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 77.8% | 2018 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 76.2% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Austria | 75.9% | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 74.7% | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 9 | Slovenia | 73.0% | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 72.8% | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 72.3% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 12 | Lithuania | 71.2% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Sweden | 71.1% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 14 | Czechia | 71.0% | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 15 | France | 69.6% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 16 | Spain | 68.6% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 67.3% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 66.7% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 19 | United States of America | 66.6% | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 20 | Germany | 66.0% | 2022 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 21 | Croatia | 66.0% | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 65.2% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 23 | Portugal | 65.0% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 64.8% | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 25 | Italy | 64.8% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 63.5% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 63.3% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 63.0% | 2018 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 61.3% | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 57.5% | 2022 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 31 | Türkiye | 55.7% | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 51.3% | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 47.8% | 2022 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 42.5% | 2022 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 35 | Mexico | 33.3% | 2022 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 33.3% | 2018 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 27.5% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 26.4% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 39 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.3% | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 40 | Brazil | 24.5% | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 41 | Colombia | 23.8% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 22.3% | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 43 | Albania | 22.1% | 2022 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 22.1% | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 45 | Tunisia | 17.3% | 2015 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 15.2% | 2022 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 13.3% | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release