Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
51
Highest
83.8%
Korea
Lowest
15.8%
Jordan
Median
65.2%
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
545
What the numbers show
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in mathematics, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 83.8% in Korea; the lowest is 15.8% in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.2%, and the mean is 56.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 65.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 43.7%).
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea | 83.8% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 2 | Estonia | 82.4% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 79.9% | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 79.6% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 79.3% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 78.0% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 77.7% | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 8 | Latvia | 76.6% | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 75.9% | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 75.6% | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 74.9% | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 12 | Slovenia | 74.9% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 73.9% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 14 | Australia | 72.6% | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 15 | Sweden | 72.2% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 16 | Lithuania | 71.5% | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 71.4% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | France | 70.0% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 69.0% | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 68.3% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 68.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 66.2% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 23 | Slovakia | 66.1% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 24 | United States of America | 65.4% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 65.3% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 65.2% | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 27 | Germany | 65.1% | 2022 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 28 | Netherlands | 64.5% | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 63.0% | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 61.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 31 | Israel | 61.8% | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 60.9% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Türkiye | 57.6% | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 56.2% | 2022 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 35 | Greece | 50.6% | 2022 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 36 | Romania | 47.8% | 2022 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 43.6% | 2022 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 38 | Montenegro | 39.6% | 2022 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 34.2% | 2018 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 30.1% | 2022 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 28.5% | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 42 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.0% | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 43 | Albania | 25.2% | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 23.3% | 2022 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 23.2% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 22.7% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 21.3% | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 20.4% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 17.6% | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 16.5% | 2022 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 15.8% | 2022 | down 43.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 73.0%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 69.1%
- SDG: Oceania 57.0%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 41.3%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 38.9%
- SDG: World 38.3%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 29.5%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 28.5%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 21.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release