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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
51
Highest
94.2%
Singapore
Lowest
0.2%
Indonesia
Median
51.5%
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
360

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, immigrant background, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 94.2% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.2% in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 51.5%, and the mean is 47.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 589.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 3,411.3%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 99.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 94.2% 2023 up 3.5% rising
2 Hong Kong, China 83.1% 2022 down 9.7% falling
3 Australia 78.5% 2022 down 7.2% falling
4 Russian Federation 78.0% 2018 up 17.6% rising
5 Ireland 77.7% 2022 down 5.6% flat
6 Canada 77.5% 2022 down 9.9% falling
7 Latvia 76.0% 2022 down 2.3% rising
8 Japan 74.8% 2023 down 8.5% rising
9 New Zealand 71.2% 2022 down 5.4% falling
10 Croatia 68.6% 2022 up 6.3% flat
11 Hungary 68.4% 2023 up 68.1% falling
12 Lithuania 68.3% 2022 down 8.0% falling
13 Luxembourg 67.4% 2018 up 3.0% rising
14 Bahrain 60.6% 2019 up 3,411.3% volatile
15 Romania 60.0% 2022 down 31.6% rising
16 Serbia 59.0% 2022 down 11.5% flat
17 Slovakia 57.2% 2022 down 16.4% falling
18 Czechia 55.7% 2022 down 20.1% falling
19 Belgium 54.9% 2022 down 10.5% flat
20 Austria 54.6% 2022 down 13.5% falling
21 Spain 54.2% 2022 down 5.3% falling
22 Denmark 54.0% 2022 down 7.4% falling
23 Norway 53.7% 2022 down 8.9% falling
24 Portugal 53.6% 2022 down 6.9% flat
25 United States of America 52.9% 2022 down 24.7% falling
26 Netherlands 51.5% 2022 down 27.7% falling
27 France 50.0% 2022 down 11.9% falling
28 Uruguay 49.0% 2022 down 1.7% falling
29 Slovenia 48.8% 2022 down 22.5% falling
30 Sweden 47.7% 2022 down 9.7% falling
31 Italy 47.5% 2023 down 7.5% flat
32 Iceland 46.6% 2022 down 23.1% falling
33 Türkiye 46.0% 2023 up 28.8% rising
34 Israel 44.5% 2022 down 38.5% falling
35 Bulgaria 43.9% 2022 up 71.9% falling
36 Finland 42.8% 2022 down 22.3% falling
37 Germany 36.0% 2022 down 47.7% falling
38 Lebanon 22.7% 2019 up 472.6% rising
39 Argentina 21.4% 2022 up 26.8% falling
40 Greece 21.4% 2022 down 49.4% falling
41 Colombia 21.3% 2022 up 694.4% volatile
42 Jordan 18.2% 2022 down 55.8% falling
43 Albania 18.1% 2022 down 60.8% volatile
44 Costa Rica 18.1% 2022 down 23.1% falling
45 Thailand 17.7% 2022 down 32.5% falling
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.3% 2023 up 77.0% rising
47 Chile 15.4% 2023 down 20.1% rising
48 Brazil 9.4% 2022 down 44.1% falling
49 Tunisia 8.2% 2015 up 37.4% volatile
50 Mexico 3.4% 2022 down 72.5% falling
51 Indonesia 0.2% 2022 down 99.1% volatile

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, immigrant background, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
51 places, 360 data points, 1995–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release