demographic2023

Learning poverty: Share of Female Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
38.1% of Total
Median: 28.8% of Total
Countries Covered
94
with available data
Highest
Niger
100.0% of Total
Lowest
Luxembourg
2.0% of Total
Top 5 Countries
1Niger100.0% of Total
2Lao People's Democratic Republic97.3% of Total
3Democratic Republic of the Congo96.9% of Total
4Burundi95.9% of Total
5Chad95.3% of Total
By Region
Africa68.5% of Total(4 countries)
Other58.9% of Total(35 countries)
South America42.1% of Total(5 countries)
Asia37.4% of Total(19 countries)
North America30.3% of Total(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0% of Total)High (100.0% of Total)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 38.1% of Total)

Africa (4)
Other (35)
South America (5)
Asia (19)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (25)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Niger100.0% of Total
2Lao People's Democratic Republic97.3% of Total
3Democratic Republic of the Congo96.9% of Total
4Burundi95.9% of Total
5Chad95.3% of Total
6Yemen94.5% of Total
7Mali90.4% of Total
8Philippines89.7% of Total
9Cambodia87.5% of Total
10Guinea84.1% of Total
11Togo81.4% of Total
12Pakistan80.1% of Total
13Dominican Republic79.4% of Total
14Cote d'Ivoire78.9% of Total
15Kenya77.4% of Total
16South Africa77.1% of Total
17Burkina Faso73.9% of Total
18Belize73.4% of Total
19Honduras73.3% of Total
20El Salvador72.8% of Total
21Paraguay72.6% of Total
22Cameroon71.2% of Total
23Guatemala68.2% of Total
24Algeria66.4% of Total
25Panama66.3% of Total
26Nicaragua66.1% of Total
27Republic of the Congo65.5% of Total
28Senegal64.9% of Total
29Tunisia61.1% of Total
30Jordan57.9% of Total
31India55.2% of Total
32Morocco53.3% of Total
33Peru52.8% of Total
34Indonesia50.7% of Total
35Argentina49.3% of Total
36Bangladesh49.1% of Total
37Colombia44.2% of Total
38Botswana44.2% of Total
39Kuwait44.1% of Total
40Mexico40.1% of Total
41Mongolia38.3% of Total
42Islamic Republic of Iran37.5% of Total
43Uruguay37.2% of Total
44Malaysia34.4% of Total
45Azerbaijan33.8% of Total
46Costa Rica31.0% of Total
47The Republic of North Macedonia29.3% of Total
48Gabon28.4% of Total
49Chile26.7% of Total
50Saudi Arabia26.7% of Total
51Ukraine26.3% of Total
52Armenia25.2% of Total
53Bahrain22.1% of Total
54United Arab Emirates21.4% of Total
55Slovakia20.6% of Total
56Thailand20.5% of Total
57Bulgaria17.3% of Total
58Qatar16.9% of Total
59Trinidad and Tobago16.7% of Total
60Türkiye16.6% of Total
61Romania16.1% of Total
62Vietnam15.8% of Total
63Georgia9.7% of Total
64Malta9.4% of Total
65Cyprus9.1% of Total
66United States of America9.0% of Total
67New Zealand8.8% of Total
68Hungary7.8% of Total
69Serbia7.6% of Total
70Iceland7.4% of Total
71Kazakhstan7.4% of Total
72Belgium7.3% of Total
73Portugal6.9% of Total
74Australia6.9% of Total
75Macao6.9% of Total
76Spain6.6% of Total
77Latvia6.0% of Total
78France5.4% of Total
79Italy5.4% of Total
80Greece5.1% of Total
81Poland4.6% of Total
82Sweden4.2% of Total
83Denmark4.1% of Total
84Canada3.8% of Total
85Finland3.6% of Total
86South Korea3.3% of Total
87Netherlands3.1% of Total
88Norway3.0% of Total
89United Kingdom2.8% of Total
90Japan2.7% of Total
91Ireland2.2% of Total
92Lithuania2.1% of Total
93Singapore2.1% of Total
94Luxembourg2.0% of Total
Showing 94 of 94 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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