Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by education level by country
Countries reporting
51
Highest
83.78
South Korea
Lowest
15.77
Jordan
Median
65.21
Years covered
29
1995–2023
Data points
365
What the numbers show
Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by education level is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 83.78 in South Korea; the lowest is 15.77 in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.21, and the mean is 56.49.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 65.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 43.7%).
Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 83.78 | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 2 | Estonia | 82.41 | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 79.89 | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 79.56 | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 79.31 | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 6 | Russia | 77.97 | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 77.67 | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 8 | Latvia | 76.63 | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 75.92 | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 75.56 | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 74.89 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 12 | Slovenia | 74.86 | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 73.93 | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 14 | Australia | 72.65 | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 15 | Sweden | 72.23 | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 16 | Lithuania | 71.53 | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 71.38 | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | France | 70.03 | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 69 | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 68.33 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 68.2 | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 66.16 | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 23 | Slovakia | 66.12 | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 24 | United States | 65.36 | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 65.29 | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 65.21 | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 27 | Germany | 65.13 | 2022 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 28 | Netherlands | 64.48 | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 62.98 | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 61.88 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 31 | Israel | 61.8 | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 60.87 | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 57.6 | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 56.23 | 2022 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 35 | Greece | 50.58 | 2022 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 36 | Romania | 47.81 | 2022 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 43.62 | 2022 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 38 | Montenegro | 39.61 | 2022 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 34.15 | 2018 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 30.09 | 2022 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 28.53 | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 42 | Iran | 25.96 | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 43 | Albania | 25.2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 23.3 | 2022 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 23.24 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 22.73 | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 21.33 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 20.42 | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 17.58 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 16.47 | 2022 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 15.77 | 2022 | down 43.7% | falling |