Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
56
Highest
91.5%
Japan
Lowest
18.9%
Kuwait
Median
66.8%
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
401

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, female (%) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 91.5% in Japan; the lowest is 18.9% in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.8%, and the mean is 57.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 47.2%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 44.4%).

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 91.5% 2023 up 5.2% flat
2 Singapore 89.4% 2023 down 5.5% flat
3 Hong Kong, China 87.7% 2022 down 4.2% flat
4 Republic of Korea 85.4% 2022 down 6.0% falling
5 Ireland 80.4% 2022 down 1.1% flat
6 Denmark 78.9% 2022 down 3.1% flat
7 Russian Federation 78.5% 2018 up 10.4% rising
8 Canada 78.0% 2022 down 9.0% falling
9 Finland 77.8% 2022 down 13.2% falling
10 Poland 77.8% 2022 down 9.7% rising
11 Latvia 77.7% 2022 down 4.9% rising
12 Slovenia 77.3% 2022 down 3.6% flat
13 Belgium 75.2% 2022 down 6.8% falling
14 Czechia 74.8% 2022 down 3.2% flat
15 Sweden 73.9% 2022 down 0.2% falling
16 Australia 73.2% 2022 down 7.1% falling
17 Austria 72.9% 2022 down 7.5% falling
18 Lithuania 72.4% 2022 down 4.3% flat
19 Netherlands 72.1% 2022 down 14.4% falling
20 Spain 71.9% 2022 down 4.0% flat
21 Luxembourg 71.8% 2018 down 3.3% rising
22 New Zealand 71.6% 2022 down 6.4% falling
23 France 71.1% 2022 down 8.4% falling
24 Norway 70.2% 2022 down 10.0% flat
25 Portugal 69.4% 2022 down 6.4% rising
26 Germany 69.3% 2022 down 14.8% flat
27 Slovakia 67.9% 2022 down 6.7% falling
28 Croatia 67.2% 2022 down 2.7% flat
29 Iceland 66.4% 2022 down 17.3% falling
30 United States of America 64.7% 2022 down 13.6% falling
31 Israel 62.8% 2022 down 5.7% rising
32 Hungary 62.5% 2023 down 3.5% falling
33 Türkiye 61.1% 2023 up 47.2% rising
34 Italy 57.5% 2023 down 5.7% rising
35 Serbia 55.6% 2022 down 6.6% flat
36 Greece 51.8% 2022 down 18.0% falling
37 Romania 51.4% 2022 down 12.5% rising
38 Bulgaria 48.0% 2022 down 16.9% flat
39 Uruguay 40.6% 2022 down 2.2% falling
40 Qatar 39.1% 2023 up 28.1% rising
41 Thailand 32.8% 2022 down 38.9% falling
42 Bahrain 31.5% 2023 up 3.2% rising
43 Mexico 30.5% 2022 down 26.4% rising
44 Albania 29.3% 2022 down 26.1% rising
45 Iran, Islamic Republic of 27.9% 2023 up 18.8% rising
46 Colombia 26.5% 2022 up 29.9% rising
47 Lebanon 26.2% 2019 down 20.4% flat
48 Oman 26.0% 2023 up 23.9% rising
49 Argentina 24.2% 2022 down 19.9% falling
50 Brazil 24.1% 2022 down 13.7% rising
51 Tunisia 23.6% 2015 down 4.7% rising
52 Costa Rica 23.6% 2022 down 29.3% falling
53 Jordan 19.6% 2022 down 44.4% falling
54 Indonesia 19.4% 2022 down 16.2% flat
55 Chile 19.1% 2023 down 9.5% rising
56 Kuwait 18.9% 2023 up 14.7% rising

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
56 places, 401 data points, 1995–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release