Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by education level by country

Countries reporting
61
Highest
91.56
Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
Lowest
16
Palestine
Median
67.06
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
428

What the numbers show

Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by education level is currently reported for 61 countries. The highest value is 91.56 in Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China; the lowest is 16 in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.06, and the mean is 59.03.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 46.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 45.5%).

Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 91.56 2022 up 2.6% rising
2 Singapore 89 2023 down 3.8% flat
3 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 86.16 2022 down 5.8% flat
4 Liechtenstein 85.92 2012 down 2.1% flat
5 Estonia 85.03 2022 down 5.0% flat
6 Korea 83.78 2022 down 7.8% falling
7 Ireland 80.97 2022 down 2.6% flat
8 Switzerland 80.55 2022 down 8.0% falling
9 Denmark 79.55 2022 down 4.3% flat
10 Canada 78.37 2022 down 9.1% falling
11 Russia 78.36 2018 up 9.7% rising
12 Latvia 77.84 2022 down 2.8% rising
13 Poland 77 2022 down 10.1% rising
14 United Kingdom 75.67 2022 down 3.2% falling
15 Slovenia 75.41 2022 down 5.6% flat
16 Finland 75.15 2022 down 14.3% falling
17 Austria 75.14 2022 down 7.6% falling
18 Belgium 75.05 2022 down 7.4% falling
19 Czechia 74.48 2022 down 5.8% flat
20 Australia 73.65 2022 down 8.3% falling
21 Luxembourg 72.78 2018 down 4.3% rising
21 Sweden 72.78 2022 down 0.2% falling
23 Spain 72.7 2022 down 4.8% flat
24 Netherlands 72.65 2022 down 14.7% falling
25 Lithuania 72.16 2022 down 2.5% flat
26 New Zealand 71.25 2022 down 7.9% falling
27 France 71.2 2022 down 8.3% falling
28 Germany 70.5 2022 down 14.3% flat
29 Portugal 70.29 2022 down 6.4% rising
30 Norway 68.5 2022 down 11.8% falling
31 Croatia 67.06 2022 down 4.4% flat
32 Slovak Republic 66.79 2022 down 7.9% falling
33 United States 66.08 2022 down 10.9% falling
34 Iceland 65.88 2022 down 16.1% falling
35 Hungary 65 2023 down 0.7% falling
36 Israel 62.75 2022 down 5.6% rising
37 Italy 61 2023 down 4.4% rising
38 Türkiye 59 2023 up 46.0% rising
39 Serbia 56.94 2022 down 6.8% flat
40 United Arab Emirates 55 2023 up 29.5% rising
41 Greece 52.79 2022 down 17.9% falling
42 Romania 51.44 2022 down 13.1% rising
43 Bulgaria 46.4 2022 down 17.5% flat
44 Uruguay 43.49 2022 down 1.7% falling
45 Montenegro 40.5 2022 down 6.6% rising
46 Qatar 40 2023 up 37.4% rising
47 Mexico 34.18 2022 down 24.5% rising
48 Thailand 31.73 2022 down 36.9% falling
49 Bahrain 30 2023 up 14.5% rising
50 Iran 29 2023 up 13.6% rising
51 Colombia 28.79 2022 up 10.0% rising
52 Costa Rica 28.16 2022 down 29.8% falling
53 Argentina 27.07 2022 down 19.2% falling
54 Lebanon 26.79 2019 down 26.6% flat
55 Brazil 26.62 2022 down 19.1% rising
56 Tunisia 25.19 2015 down 8.5% rising
57 Chile 24 2023 up 4.6% rising
57 Oman 24 2023 up 46.3% rising
59 Indonesia 18.34 2022 down 24.6% falling
60 Jordan 17.15 2022 down 45.5% falling
61 Palestine 16 2023 down 36.7% flat

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Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by education level
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
61 places, 428 data points, 2000–2023
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