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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
49
Highest
0.8657 WPIA
Hong Kong, China
Lowest
0.2703 WPIA
Jordan
Median
0.5732 WPIA
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
353

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 0.8657 WPIA in Hong Kong, China; the lowest is 0.2703 WPIA in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5732 WPIA, and the mean is 0.5686 WPIA.

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

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 30.9%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 58.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong, China 0.8657 WPIA 2022 down 6.2% flat
2 Ireland 0.7856 WPIA 2022 down 3.4% flat
3 Russian Federation 0.7856 WPIA 2018 up 21.9% rising
4 Singapore 0.7529 WPIA 2022 down 8.8% flat
5 United States of America 0.7472 WPIA 2022 down 4.4% rising
6 Türkiye 0.714 WPIA 2022 down 2.3% rising
7 Portugal 0.7087 WPIA 2022 up 5.2% rising
8 Croatia 0.7058 WPIA 2022 down 6.8% rising
9 Republic of Korea 0.7048 WPIA 2022 down 22.2% falling
10 Canada 0.7012 WPIA 2022 down 18.8% falling
11 New Zealand 0.6918 WPIA 2022 down 3.6% falling
12 Italy 0.6904 WPIA 2022 down 6.0% flat
13 Spain 0.6811 WPIA 2022 down 5.3% flat
14 Latvia 0.6811 WPIA 2022 down 8.5% flat
15 Poland 0.6695 WPIA 2022 down 19.0% rising
16 Finland 0.66 WPIA 2022 down 22.4% falling
17 Germany 0.6502 WPIA 2022 down 15.2% rising
18 Australia 0.6416 WPIA 2022 down 18.5% falling
19 Lithuania 0.6398 WPIA 2022 down 9.9% flat
20 Chile 0.6304 WPIA 2022 up 27.3% rising
21 Denmark 0.5917 WPIA 2022 down 23.1% flat
22 Luxembourg 0.5826 WPIA 2018 up 5.4% rising
23 Czechia 0.5782 WPIA 2022 down 21.9% falling
24 Belgium 0.5735 WPIA 2022 down 20.6% falling
25 Slovenia 0.5732 WPIA 2022 down 16.6% falling
26 France 0.5693 WPIA 2022 down 14.5% falling
27 Greece 0.5631 WPIA 2022 down 17.3% falling
28 Sweden 0.5582 WPIA 2022 down 22.6% falling
29 Uruguay 0.55 WPIA 2022 up 30.9% rising
30 Austria 0.5448 WPIA 2022 down 1.7% falling
31 Norway 0.5413 WPIA 2022 down 35.4% falling
32 Iceland 0.5263 WPIA 2022 down 33.0% falling
33 Mexico 0.5019 WPIA 2022 down 3.8% rising
34 Netherlands 0.4996 WPIA 2022 down 37.0% falling
35 Hungary 0.4895 WPIA 2022 down 19.3% falling
36 Brazil 0.4724 WPIA 2022 up 8.1% rising
37 Slovakia 0.4552 WPIA 2022 down 0.7% falling
38 Israel 0.4546 WPIA 2022 down 34.0% flat
39 United Arab Emirates 0.4506 WPIA 2022 down 28.8% falling
40 Argentina 0.4435 WPIA 2022 up 11.3% rising
41 Albania 0.4343 WPIA 2022 down 58.1% rising
42 Colombia 0.4174 WPIA 2022 up 7.1% flat
43 Romania 0.4173 WPIA 2022 down 15.2% flat
44 Qatar 0.4151 WPIA 2022 down 12.2% flat
45 Tunisia 0.3399 WPIA 2015 down 22.3% flat
46 Thailand 0.3355 WPIA 2022 down 50.2% falling
47 Indonesia 0.309 WPIA 2022 down 46.4% falling
48 Bulgaria 0.2974 WPIA 2022 down 20.9% falling
49 Jordan 0.2703 WPIA 2022 down 53.7% falling

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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 wealth parity index (WPIA)
Unit
WPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
49 places, 353 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release