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Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) by country

The Adjusted Location Parity Index (LPIA) is calculated by dividing the rural value for the indicator by the urban value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted location parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted...

Countries reporting
39
Highest
1.04 LPIA
Denmark
Lowest
0.1629 LPIA
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Median
0.8333 LPIA
Years covered
24
1995–2018
Data points
219

What the numbers show

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 1.04 LPIA in Denmark; the lowest is 0.1629 LPIA in Iran, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8333 LPIA, and the mean is 0.7368 LPIA.

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

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 971.6%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 82.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 1.04 LPIA 2018 up 3.0% flat
2 Sweden 1.02 LPIA 2018 up 4.8% flat
3 Ireland 1.01 LPIA 2018 up 4.8% flat
4 Austria 0.9982 LPIA 2018 up 4.2% rising
5 Belgium 0.9855 LPIA 2012 down 5.6% rising
6 Finland 0.9826 LPIA 2018 down 0.6% flat
7 Netherlands 0.9608 LPIA 2012 down 4.4% falling
8 Spain 0.9598 LPIA 2018 up 4.0% flat
9 Italy 0.9398 LPIA 2015 down 24.3% falling
10 Norway 0.9397 LPIA 2018 down 2.2% flat
11 Germany 0.9209 LPIA 2012 down 15.1% falling
12 Canada 0.9197 LPIA 2018 down 4.9% falling
13 Poland 0.9141 LPIA 2018 down 0.5% rising
14 Republic of Korea 0.9113 LPIA 2012 up 8.0% flat
15 Iceland 0.9026 LPIA 2018 down 7.9% falling
16 Türkiye 0.8984 LPIA 2015 up 105.0% rising
17 United States of America 0.8659 LPIA 2018 down 14.6% falling
18 Luxembourg 0.8637 LPIA 2012 down 5.2% falling
19 Latvia 0.8347 LPIA 2018 down 5.5% flat
20 Russian Federation 0.8333 LPIA 2018 down 2.9% flat
21 Israel 0.8245 LPIA 2018 down 2.0% falling
22 New Zealand 0.8236 LPIA 2018 down 16.3% falling
23 Australia 0.7904 LPIA 2018 down 13.7% falling
24 Czechia 0.7897 LPIA 2018 down 11.2% falling
25 Greece 0.7074 LPIA 2018 down 30.3% falling
26 Uruguay 0.6801 LPIA 2018 down 9.5% falling
27 Slovakia 0.6463 LPIA 2018 down 25.9% falling
28 Chile 0.6234 LPIA 2015 up 971.6% volatile
29 Thailand 0.6214 LPIA 2018 down 12.0% falling
30 Hungary 0.5942 LPIA 2015 down 24.7% falling
31 Portugal 0.5277 LPIA 2018 down 38.8% falling
32 Mexico 0.4086 LPIA 2018 down 24.3% rising
33 Bulgaria 0.3734 LPIA 2018 down 42.5% falling
34 Romania 0.3392 LPIA 2018 down 57.9% falling
35 Brazil 0.3109 LPIA 2018 down 34.1% falling
36 Indonesia 0.2966 LPIA 2018 down 38.6% falling
37 Argentina 0.2811 LPIA 2018 down 32.4% falling
38 Morocco 0.2327 LPIA 2015 down 82.1% volatile
39 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.1629 LPIA 2015 down 43.4% falling

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Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 219 data points, 1995–2018
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Location Parity Index (LPIA) is calculated by dividing the rural value for the indicator by the urban value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted location parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted LPI equal to 1 indicates parity between rural and urban locations. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of urban locations and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of rural locations. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/