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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
52
Highest
94.1%
Singapore
Lowest
33.1%
Oman
Median
85.0%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
364

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, very affluent socioeconomic background, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 94.1% in Singapore; the lowest is 33.1% in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.0%, and the mean is 77.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 45.1%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 94.1% 2019 down 1.7% flat
2 Hong Kong, China 92.6% 2022 down 3.5% flat
3 Republic of Korea 92.3% 2022 down 3.5% falling
4 Luxembourg 92.2% 2018 up 1.2% flat
5 Poland 92.1% 2022 down 5.4% flat
6 Japan 92.0% 2023 up 1.8% flat
7 Belgium 91.8% 2022 down 4.8% flat
8 Austria 91.7% 2022 down 0.0% flat
9 Czechia 90.9% 2022 down 2.2% flat
10 Germany 90.9% 2022 down 4.4% flat
11 Latvia 90.6% 2022 down 1.7% rising
12 France 90.2% 2022 down 5.9% flat
13 Ireland 90.0% 2022 down 5.9% flat
14 Portugal 89.0% 2022 down 5.8% flat
15 Slovakia 88.4% 2022 down 3.7% falling
16 Slovenia 88.3% 2022 down 6.7% falling
17 Denmark 88.1% 2022 down 6.7% falling
18 Spain 87.8% 2022 down 5.3% flat
19 Russian Federation 87.5% 2018 down 0.4% flat
20 Lithuania 87.5% 2022 down 2.6% falling
21 Finland 87.4% 2022 down 8.7% falling
22 Netherlands 87.2% 2022 down 7.6% falling
23 Canada 87.1% 2022 down 8.4% falling
24 New Zealand 86.0% 2022 down 7.2% falling
25 Sweden 85.8% 2022 down 1.5% falling
26 Australia 85.2% 2022 down 8.1% falling
27 Croatia 84.9% 2022 down 3.5% flat
28 United States of America 83.1% 2022 down 9.3% falling
29 Romania 82.1% 2022 down 3.6% rising
30 Israel 80.5% 2022 down 5.5% rising
31 Hungary 79.1% 2023 down 1.1% flat
32 Uruguay 79.0% 2022 up 3.8% falling
33 Norway 78.7% 2022 down 12.1% falling
34 Iceland 76.6% 2022 down 14.5% falling
35 Greece 73.3% 2022 down 13.4% falling
36 Thailand 73.0% 2022 up 0.7% falling
37 Bulgaria 71.2% 2022 down 15.0% falling
38 Italy 70.9% 2023 down 2.0% rising
39 Türkiye 69.5% 2023 up 15.5% rising
40 Colombia 69.3% 2022 up 43.8% rising
41 Brazil 68.8% 2022 up 16.6% rising
42 Mexico 62.6% 2022 down 4.9% flat
43 Argentina 57.4% 2022 down 2.8% falling
44 Chile 57.0% 2023 down 1.4% falling
45 Bahrain 56.4% 2023 up 45.1% rising
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 56.0% 2023 up 0.5% rising
47 Indonesia 53.1% 2022 up 19.3% rising
48 Albania 48.3% 2022 up 26.8% flat
49 Tunisia 46.1% 2015 down 18.7% flat
50 Lebanon 39.2% 2019 down 12.7% rising
51 Jordan 36.5% 2022 down 30.2% falling
52 Oman 33.1% 2023 up 43.6% 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, very affluent socioeconomic background, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
52 places, 364 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release