Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
47
Highest
84.2%
Ireland
Lowest
11.2%
Jordan
Median
64.1%
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, male (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 84.2% in Ireland; the lowest is 11.2% in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.1%, and the mean is 56.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 53.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 59.0%).
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 84.2% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Korea | 81.1% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 77.3% | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 4 | Denmark | 77.2% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 5 | United States of America | 75.1% | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 73.6% | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 7 | Italy | 73.4% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 72.4% | 2018 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 71.5% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 10 | Poland | 71.1% | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 11 | Czechia | 70.6% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 12 | Croatia | 70.4% | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 70.2% | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 14 | Latvia | 70.1% | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 69.1% | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 16 | Lithuania | 68.2% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | France | 67.6% | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 18 | Hungary | 66.9% | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 19 | Portugal | 66.4% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 66.4% | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 65.6% | 2022 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 22 | Norway | 65.5% | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 23 | Slovenia | 64.8% | 2022 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 24 | Israel | 64.1% | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 62.9% | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 26 | Türkiye | 62.3% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 62.2% | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 58.3% | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 29 | Serbia | 56.5% | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 56.2% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 53.8% | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 52.7% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 52.7% | 2022 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 34 | Romania | 48.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 35 | Mexico | 44.3% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Qatar | 43.9% | 2022 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 38.7% | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 38.6% | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 39 | Uruguay | 36.8% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 35.8% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 41 | Colombia | 34.9% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 31.4% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 43 | Thailand | 24.5% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 18.5% | 2022 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 17.7% | 2022 | down 58.7% | rising |
| 46 | Tunisia | 15.0% | 2015 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 47 | Jordan | 11.2% | 2022 | down 59.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release