demographic2023

Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%) — series 2

Name: Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of total, learning, poverty, share, children, the, end, primary, age, below, minimum, reading, proficiency, adjusted, out, school, series

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•124 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

41.7% of Total

Median: 33.5% of Total

Countries Covered

124

with available data

Highest

Zambia

98.5% of Total

Lowest

Ireland

2.3% of Total

Top 5 Countries

1Zambia98.5% of Total

2Lao People's Democratic Republic97.7% of Total

3Lesotho96.9% of Total

4Democratic Republic of the Congo96.6% of Total

5Burundi95.8% of Total

By Region

Africa72.6% of Total(6 countries)

Other60.0% of Total(51 countries)

South America48.4% of Total(7 countries)

Asia37.9% of Total(24 countries)

North America35.0% 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 (2.3% of Total)High (98.5% of Total)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 41.7% of Total)

Africa (6)

Other (51)

South America (7)

Asia (24)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (30)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Zambia	98.5% of Total
2	Lao People's Democratic Republic	97.7% of Total
3	Lesotho	96.9% of Total
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	96.6% of Total
5	Burundi	95.8% of Total
6	Madagascar	95.2% of Total
7	Mauritania	94.8% of Total
8	Yemen	94.7% of Total
9	Chad	94.4% of Total
10	Afghanistan	93.3% of Total
11	Philippines	90.9% of Total
12	Mali	90.4% of Total
13	Niger	90.4% of Total
14	Ethiopia	90.4% of Total
15	Cambodia	90.0% of Total
16	Myanmar	89.5% of Total
17	Comoros	86.0% of Total
18	Guinea	82.7% of Total
19	South Africa	82.0% of Total
20	Uganda	81.9% of Total
21	Togo	81.7% of Total
22	Cote d'Ivoire	79.9% of Total
23	Pakistan	79.5% of Total
24	Honduras	79.3% of Total
25	Kenya	79.3% of Total
26	Nicaragua	78.9% of Total
27	Guatemala	78.5% of Total
28	Panama	78.5% of Total
29	Paraguay	77.7% of Total
30	Dominican Republic	77.7% of Total
31	Belize	76.4% of Total
32	Burkina Faso	73.9% of Total
33	Cameroon	71.9% of Total
34	Republic of the Congo	70.0% of Total
35	El Salvador	69.1% of Total
36	Senegal	68.6% of Total
37	Algeria	67.9% of Total
38	Ecuador	65.9% of Total
39	Tunisia	65.5% of Total
40	Kyrgyzstan	64.5% of Total
41	Jordan	62.2% of Total
42	Morocco	59.8% of Total
43	Argentina	59.1% of Total
44	Egypt	56.1% of Total
45	India	56.1% of Total
46	Benin	55.8% of Total
47	Indonesia	52.8% of Total
48	Colombia	51.4% of Total
49	Bangladesh	51.2% of Total
50	Kuwait	51.1% of Total
51	Botswana	50.8% of Total
52	Mexico	47.6% of Total
53	Brazil	46.9% of Total
54	Peru	44.4% of Total
55	Uruguay	43.6% of Total
56	Malaysia	42.0% of Total
57	Islamic Republic of Iran	41.5% of Total
58	Oman	40.6% of Total
59	Mauritius	40.5% of Total
60	Mongolia	39.5% of Total
61	Azerbaijan	37.5% of Total
62	Costa Rica	34.0% of Total
63	The Republic of North Macedonia	33.0% of Total
64	Saudi Arabia	32.4% of Total
65	Uzbekistan	32.4% of Total
66	Gabon	30.7% of Total
67	Bahrain	30.2% of Total
68	Ukraine	27.9% of Total
69	Armenia	27.2% of Total
70	Chile	27.2% of Total
71	United Arab Emirates	25.9% of Total
72	Thailand	23.4% of Total
73	Slovakia	22.1% of Total
74	Qatar	21.1% of Total
75	Trinidad and Tobago	20.6% of Total
76	Türkiye	18.5% of Total
77	People's Republic of China	18.2% of Total
78	Bulgaria	18.2% of Total
79	Vietnam	18.1% of Total
80	Romania	17.9% of Total
81	Montenegro	15.8% of Total
82	Germany	15.4% of Total
83	Austria	15.0% of Total
84	Sri Lanka	14.8% of Total
85	Israel	14.4% of Total
86	Czech Republic	14.2% of Total
87	Georgia	13.5% of Total
88	Moldova, Republic of	11.0% of Total
89	New Zealand	10.9% of Total
90	Kazakhstan	10.4% of Total
91	Cyprus	10.2% of Total
92	Albania	10.2% of Total
93	Malta	10.2% of Total
94	United States of America	9.7% of Total
95	Iceland	9.3% of Total
96	Hungary	9.2% of Total
97	Australia	9.1% of Total
98	Serbia	8.8% of Total
99	Belgium	8.5% of Total
100	Latvia	8.4% of Total
101	Portugal	8.0% of Total
102	Greece	7.7% of Total
103	Spain	7.3% of Total
104	Slovenia	7.2% of Total
105	Macao	7.2% of Total
106	France	6.6% of Total
107	Poland	5.6% of Total
108	Italy	5.5% of Total
109	Hong Kong	5.4% of Total
110	Sweden	5.3% of Total
111	Denmark	5.1% of Total
112	Finland	4.8% of Total
113	Netherlands	4.5% of Total
114	Canada	4.3% of Total
115	Norway	4.3% of Total
116	Croatia	3.9% of Total
117	Russian Federation	3.8% of Total
118	Japan	3.6% of Total
119	United Kingdom	3.4% of Total
120	Singapore	3.4% of Total
121	Lithuania	3.3% of Total
122	South Korea	3.2% of Total
123	Luxembourg	3.0% of Total
124	Ireland	2.3% of Total

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Topics

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Data Source

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

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