Share of children reaching sufficient reading comprehension by the end of lower secondary age by country
Countries reporting
53
Highest
87.37
Ireland
Lowest
18.79
Jordan
Median
68.82
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
379
What the numbers show
Share of children reaching sufficient reading comprehension by the end of lower secondary age is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 87.37 in Ireland; the lowest is 18.79 in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 68.82, and the mean is 61.55.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 36.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 57.2%).
Share of children reaching sufficient reading comprehension by the end: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 87.37 | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 2 | South Korea | 85.32 | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 83.54 | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 81.12 | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 5 | Denmark | 80.79 | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 79.75 | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 7 | United States | 79 | 2022 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 8 | Finland | 78.31 | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 9 | Italy | 77.91 | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Australia | 77.74 | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 11 | Russia | 77.52 | 2018 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 76.68 | 2022 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 13 | Croatia | 76.29 | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 14 | Latvia | 75.98 | 2022 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 15 | Czechia | 75.39 | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 16 | Sweden | 75.17 | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 17 | Lithuania | 74.47 | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 18 | Switzerland | 74.45 | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 73.52 | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Slovenia | 73.37 | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 21 | Norway | 72.35 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 22 | France | 71.92 | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 71.73 | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 71.38 | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 70.89 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 26 | Israel | 69.3 | 2022 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 68.82 | 2022 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 28 | Turkey | 68.14 | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 67.91 | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 64.72 | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 63.91 | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 32 | Serbia | 62.8 | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 61.18 | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 59.76 | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iceland | 59.68 | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 36 | Netherlands | 58.07 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 37 | Romania | 54.17 | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 38 | Qatar | 52.44 | 2022 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 46.67 | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 40 | Montenegro | 46.1 | 2022 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 44.3 | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 43.46 | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 41.2 | 2022 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 44 | Malaysia | 41.07 | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 38.39 | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 38.38 | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 36.11 | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 48 | Argentina | 35.85 | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 49 | Thailand | 31.08 | 2022 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 50 | Albania | 25.43 | 2022 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 51 | Indonesia | 22.87 | 2022 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 19.83 | 2015 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 18.79 | 2022 | down 57.2% | falling |