Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
47
Highest
90.7%
Ireland
Lowest
24.8%
Tunisia
Median
74.0%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
340
What the numbers show
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, female (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 90.7% in Ireland; the lowest is 24.8% in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.0%, and the mean is 67.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 26.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 57.0%).
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 90.7% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 2 | Korea | 90.0% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 3 | Finland | 85.4% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 85.1% | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 5 | Denmark | 84.5% | 2022 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 6 | United States of America | 82.9% | 2022 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 7 | Croatia | 82.6% | 2022 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 82.6% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 82.5% | 2022 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 10 | Slovenia | 82.4% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 11 | Italy | 82.3% | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 12 | Latvia | 81.9% | 2022 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 13 | Australia | 81.8% | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 81.4% | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 80.7% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 16 | Czechia | 80.3% | 2022 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 17 | Norway | 79.5% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 18 | Spain | 77.4% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 19 | Austria | 77.0% | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 20 | Portugal | 76.6% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 21 | France | 76.2% | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 22 | Hungary | 75.0% | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 23 | Israel | 74.8% | 2022 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 24 | Türkiye | 74.0% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 72.9% | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 72.1% | 2022 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 27 | Slovakia | 70.1% | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 69.3% | 2022 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 67.4% | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 66.9% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 66.4% | 2018 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 66.0% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 63.9% | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 34 | Qatar | 61.1% | 2022 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 59.5% | 2022 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 50.7% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 37 | Mexico | 48.9% | 2022 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 38 | Brazil | 48.5% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 46.1% | 2022 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 40 | Colombia | 41.9% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 41.2% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 40.7% | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 43 | Thailand | 37.7% | 2022 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 44 | Albania | 33.9% | 2022 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 45 | Indonesia | 27.2% | 2022 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 46 | Jordan | 25.9% | 2022 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 47 | Tunisia | 24.8% | 2015 | down 21.1% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release