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Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted speaks language of the test parity index (LTPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
51
Highest
1.27 LTPIA
Qatar
Lowest
0.3754 LTPIA
Bulgaria
Median
0.7019 LTPIA
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
363

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted speaks language of the test parity index (LTPIA) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1.27 LTPIA in Qatar; the lowest is 0.3754 LTPIA in Bulgaria.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7019 LTPIA, and the mean is 0.7141 LTPIA.

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

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 18.9%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 52.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.27 LTPIA 2022 down 11.5% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 0.9865 LTPIA 2022 down 13.1% falling
3 Canada 0.961 LTPIA 2022 down 2.4% flat
4 Ireland 0.928 LTPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
5 Australia 0.9242 LTPIA 2022 down 3.2% flat
6 Hong Kong, China 0.908 LTPIA 2022 up 2.7% flat
7 Singapore 0.8973 LTPIA 2022 down 2.2% flat
8 Spain 0.8648 LTPIA 2022 down 6.6% falling
9 United States of America 0.8456 LTPIA 2022 down 7.1% rising
10 New Zealand 0.8404 LTPIA 2022 up 6.3% rising
11 Indonesia 0.8233 LTPIA 2022 down 16.2% rising
12 Israel 0.818 LTPIA 2022 down 18.2% falling
13 Latvia 0.8149 LTPIA 2022 down 4.2% falling
14 Tunisia 0.8128 LTPIA 2015 down 28.6% falling
15 Italy 0.8088 LTPIA 2022 up 6.9% flat
16 Albania 0.7988 LTPIA 2022 down 6.5% falling
17 Luxembourg 0.7975 LTPIA 2018 down 11.3% rising
18 Norway 0.7788 LTPIA 2022 down 2.0% rising
19 Portugal 0.7681 LTPIA 2022 down 11.4% rising
20 Costa Rica 0.7427 LTPIA 2022 down 11.3% rising
21 Belgium 0.7381 LTPIA 2022 down 14.8% falling
22 Jordan 0.7379 LTPIA 2022 down 23.5% falling
23 Hungary 0.725 LTPIA 2022 down 19.7% rising
24 Croatia 0.7242 LTPIA 2022 down 20.0% falling
25 Denmark 0.7152 LTPIA 2022 down 9.7% flat
26 Romania 0.7019 LTPIA 2022 up 18.9% falling
27 Slovenia 0.6958 LTPIA 2022 down 10.2% falling
28 Sweden 0.691 LTPIA 2022 down 7.8% falling
29 Austria 0.6898 LTPIA 2022 down 15.3% flat
30 Türkiye 0.6866 LTPIA 2022 up 6.4% flat
31 France 0.6815 LTPIA 2022 down 10.8% falling
32 Chile 0.6812 LTPIA 2022 down 1.9% rising
33 Poland 0.681 LTPIA 2022 down 28.4% falling
34 Russian Federation 0.6781 LTPIA 2018 down 0.2% flat
35 Czechia 0.6747 LTPIA 2022 down 23.5% falling
36 Lithuania 0.6672 LTPIA 2022 down 5.1% falling
37 Finland 0.6519 LTPIA 2022 down 13.7% falling
38 Uruguay 0.6512 LTPIA 2022 down 10.4% falling
39 Netherlands 0.6422 LTPIA 2022 down 19.0% falling
40 Germany 0.6239 LTPIA 2022 down 26.8% rising
41 Iceland 0.6091 LTPIA 2022 down 2.9% falling
42 Greece 0.5724 LTPIA 2022 down 17.5% flat
43 Serbia 0.5557 LTPIA 2022 down 41.2% falling
44 Republic of Korea 0.5281 LTPIA 2022 down 42.8% falling
45 Thailand 0.4664 LTPIA 2022 down 51.9% falling
46 Argentina 0.4587 LTPIA 2022 down 10.8% falling
47 Slovakia 0.446 LTPIA 2022 up 18.2% falling
48 Colombia 0.4381 LTPIA 2022 down 42.8% falling
49 Brazil 0.4221 LTPIA 2022 down 52.5% falling
50 Mexico 0.4204 LTPIA 2022 down 6.1% rising
51 Bulgaria 0.3754 LTPIA 2022 up 14.6% rising

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted speaks language of the test parity index (LTPIA)
Unit
LTPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
51 places, 363 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release