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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
56
Highest
92.0%
Japan
Lowest
14.5%
Jordan
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, male (%) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 92.0% in Japan; the lowest is 14.5% in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.8%, and the mean is 57.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 99.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 47.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 92.0% 2023 up 6.2% rising
2 Singapore 89.3% 2023 down 1.2% flat
3 Hong Kong, China 84.8% 2022 down 7.3% flat
4 Republic of Korea 82.3% 2022 down 9.4% falling
5 Ireland 81.5% 2022 down 3.9% flat
6 Denmark 80.2% 2022 down 5.5% falling
7 Canada 78.7% 2022 down 9.1% falling
8 Russian Federation 78.2% 2018 up 9.0% rising
9 Latvia 78.0% 2022 down 0.6% rising
10 Austria 77.3% 2022 down 7.8% falling
11 Poland 76.2% 2022 down 10.4% rising
12 Belgium 74.9% 2022 down 8.0% flat
13 Czechia 74.2% 2022 down 8.1% falling
14 Australia 74.0% 2022 down 9.4% falling
15 Luxembourg 73.7% 2018 down 5.3% flat
16 Slovenia 73.6% 2022 down 7.6% falling
17 Spain 73.5% 2022 down 5.7% flat
18 Netherlands 73.2% 2022 down 15.1% falling
19 Finland 72.6% 2022 down 15.6% falling
20 Lithuania 71.9% 2022 down 0.5% flat
21 Sweden 71.7% 2022 down 0.2% falling
22 Germany 71.7% 2022 down 13.8% flat
23 France 71.2% 2022 down 8.2% falling
24 Portugal 71.1% 2022 down 6.5% rising
25 New Zealand 70.9% 2022 down 9.3% falling
26 United States of America 67.4% 2022 down 8.3% falling
27 Croatia 67.0% 2022 down 5.9% falling
28 Norway 66.9% 2022 down 13.6% falling
29 Hungary 66.7% 2023 up 0.8% falling
30 Slovakia 65.8% 2022 down 9.0% falling
31 Italy 65.4% 2023 down 1.5% rising
32 Iceland 65.4% 2022 down 14.9% falling
33 Israel 62.7% 2022 down 5.6% rising
34 Serbia 58.2% 2022 down 7.1% flat
35 Türkiye 57.7% 2023 up 47.0% rising
36 Greece 53.8% 2022 down 17.9% falling
37 Romania 51.5% 2022 down 13.6% rising
38 Uruguay 46.3% 2022 down 2.0% falling
39 Bulgaria 45.0% 2022 down 17.9% flat
40 Qatar 41.7% 2023 up 50.3% rising
41 Mexico 38.3% 2022 down 22.2% rising
42 Costa Rica 32.6% 2022 down 31.8% falling
43 Colombia 31.2% 2022 down 4.4% flat
44 Thailand 30.5% 2022 down 33.5% falling
45 Argentina 29.9% 2022 down 19.1% falling
46 Bahrain 29.7% 2023 up 35.6% rising
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 29.2% 2023 up 6.9% rising
48 Brazil 29.1% 2022 down 18.6% rising
49 Chile 28.4% 2023 up 13.0% rising
50 Lebanon 27.4% 2019 down 34.1% falling
51 Tunisia 27.0% 2015 down 11.5% rising
52 Oman 23.2% 2023 up 99.4% rising
53 Albania 23.0% 2022 down 40.9% rising
54 Kuwait 22.7% 2023 up 15.7% rising
55 Indonesia 17.2% 2022 down 32.2% falling
56 Jordan 14.5% 2022 down 47.2% falling

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