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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
49
Highest
89.6%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
Indonesia
Median
52.2%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
346

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, immigrant background, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 89.6% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.2%, and the mean is 51.6%.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 173.6%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 89.6% 2022 down 2.6% flat
2 Ireland 82.8% 2022 down 5.7% flat
3 Australia 80.8% 2022 down 8.7% falling
4 Canada 79.2% 2022 down 11.8% falling
5 Hong Kong, China 78.0% 2022 down 16.8% falling
6 Russian Federation 77.7% 2018 up 20.2% rising
7 New Zealand 76.1% 2022 down 5.7% falling
8 United Arab Emirates 75.7% 2022 down 0.8% flat
9 Latvia 74.4% 2022 down 5.9% flat
10 Qatar 72.6% 2022 up 18.9% rising
11 Croatia 71.8% 2022 down 6.1% flat
12 Serbia 68.0% 2022 down 10.7% rising
13 Portugal 67.6% 2022 down 0.5% rising
14 United States of America 66.8% 2022 down 19.4% flat
15 Lithuania 65.1% 2022 down 6.2% flat
16 Uruguay 65.0% 2022 up 15.5% rising
17 Luxembourg 64.1% 2018 up 2.8% rising
18 Hungary 62.4% 2022 down 28.0% falling
19 Spain 61.6% 2022 down 8.9% falling
20 Italy 60.5% 2022 up 1.9% falling
21 Chile 55.0% 2022 down 22.4% flat
22 Norway 54.9% 2022 down 22.7% falling
23 Belgium 53.9% 2022 down 21.3% flat
24 Denmark 52.7% 2022 down 21.9% falling
25 Austria 52.2% 2022 down 21.1% falling
26 Romania 52.0% 2022 down 23.2% flat
27 France 50.3% 2022 down 22.8% falling
28 Slovenia 50.3% 2022 down 22.6% falling
29 Czechia 49.0% 2022 down 37.0% falling
30 Israel 45.5% 2022 down 43.0% falling
31 Sweden 45.2% 2022 down 24.5% falling
32 Bulgaria 43.7% 2022 up 69.3% falling
33 Argentina 42.0% 2022 up 30.2% flat
34 Netherlands 40.5% 2022 down 44.6% falling
35 Slovakia 40.4% 2022 down 44.5% falling
36 Finland 39.9% 2022 down 33.8% falling
37 Costa Rica 39.1% 2022 down 28.0% falling
38 Colombia 36.9% 2022 up 173.6% volatile
39 Germany 35.9% 2022 down 53.4% falling
40 Türkiye 35.1% 2022 down 45.7% falling
41 Greece 32.9% 2022 down 47.0% falling
42 Iceland 31.2% 2022 down 38.5% falling
43 Brazil 23.3% 2022 down 8.8% falling
44 Thailand 21.9% 2022 down 45.9% falling
45 Jordan 21.6% 2022 down 63.8% falling
46 Albania 18.4% 2022 down 61.5% volatile
47 Mexico 16.2% 2022 down 24.2% falling
48 Tunisia 7.3% 2015 down 31.3% volatile
49 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, immigrant background, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
49 places, 346 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release