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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
49
Highest
1.53 NPIA
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.0232 NPIA
Indonesia
Median
0.7508 NPIA
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
345

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted native parity index (NPIA) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 1.53 NPIA in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.0232 NPIA in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7508 NPIA, and the mean is 0.7543 NPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 163.0%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 49.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 1.53 NPIA 2022 up 16.4% rising
2 Qatar 1.5 NPIA 2022 down 3.7% falling
3 Uruguay 1.07 NPIA 2022 up 3.2% rising
4 Serbia 1.06 NPIA 2022 down 5.0% flat
5 Australia 1.02 NPIA 2022 up 0.2% flat
6 Jordan 1.01 NPIA 2022 down 12.5% falling
7 Singapore 1.01 NPIA 2022 down 0.6% flat
8 Russian Federation 0.9933 NPIA 2018 up 14.5% flat
9 Canada 0.9586 NPIA 2022 down 3.3% flat
10 Latvia 0.9544 NPIA 2022 up 0.8% flat
11 New Zealand 0.9356 NPIA 2022 down 0.5% flat
12 Hong Kong, China 0.9295 NPIA 2022 down 7.4% flat
13 Ireland 0.9235 NPIA 2022 down 4.2% flat
14 Croatia 0.9145 NPIA 2022 down 1.7% flat
15 Argentina 0.8991 NPIA 2022 up 32.3% rising
16 Bulgaria 0.8709 NPIA 2022 up 110.0% falling
17 Romania 0.869 NPIA 2022 down 18.8% flat
18 Portugal 0.8599 NPIA 2022 up 5.7% flat
19 Lithuania 0.8506 NPIA 2022 down 2.7% flat
20 Hungary 0.8376 NPIA 2022 down 21.6% falling
21 United States of America 0.8148 NPIA 2022 down 16.4% flat
22 Luxembourg 0.8046 NPIA 2018 up 6.5% rising
23 Chile 0.8029 NPIA 2022 down 23.5% falling
24 Spain 0.7827 NPIA 2022 down 2.6% falling
25 Italy 0.7508 NPIA 2022 up 5.0% falling
26 Colombia 0.7187 NPIA 2022 up 163.0% volatile
27 Norway 0.7143 NPIA 2022 down 13.1% falling
28 Costa Rica 0.7092 NPIA 2022 down 10.3% falling
29 Belgium 0.6727 NPIA 2022 down 13.6% flat
30 Slovenia 0.6569 NPIA 2022 down 18.4% falling
31 France 0.65 NPIA 2022 down 15.3% falling
32 Austria 0.6424 NPIA 2022 down 18.6% falling
33 Denmark 0.6275 NPIA 2022 down 18.0% falling
34 Albania 0.6252 NPIA 2022 down 37.6% falling
35 Israel 0.6158 NPIA 2022 down 40.2% falling
36 Czechia 0.6147 NPIA 2022 down 34.0% falling
37 Thailand 0.6137 NPIA 2022 up 2.7% falling
38 Slovakia 0.6095 NPIA 2022 down 39.4% falling
39 Netherlands 0.566 NPIA 2022 down 31.7% falling
40 Sweden 0.5424 NPIA 2022 down 25.8% falling
41 Greece 0.497 NPIA 2022 down 36.2% falling
42 Iceland 0.492 NPIA 2022 down 21.2% falling
43 Türkiye 0.4887 NPIA 2022 down 40.3% falling
44 Finland 0.487 NPIA 2022 down 27.0% falling
45 Brazil 0.4421 NPIA 2022 down 12.3% falling
46 Germany 0.44 NPIA 2022 down 49.0% falling
47 Mexico 0.2951 NPIA 2022 down 16.8% falling
48 Tunisia 0.243 NPIA 2015 down 4.7% volatile
49 Indonesia 0.0232 NPIA 2018 down 17.3% 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA)
Unit
NPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
49 places, 345 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release