demographic2023

Learning poverty: Share of Male 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
42.0% of Total
Median: 37.7% of Total
Countries Covered
94
with available data
Highest
Lao People's Democratic Republic
98.1% of Total
Lowest
Ireland
2.5% of Total
Top 5 Countries
1Lao People's Democratic Republic98.1% of Total
2Democratic Republic of the Congo96.3% of Total
3Burundi95.7% of Total
4Yemen94.8% of Total
5Chad93.6% of Total
By Region
Africa75.7% of Total(4 countries)
Other62.6% of Total(35 countries)
South America47.3% of Total(5 countries)
Asia43.2% of Total(19 countries)
North America31.9% 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 (2.5% of Total)High (98.1% of Total)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 42.0% 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
1Lao People's Democratic Republic98.1% of Total
2Democratic Republic of the Congo96.3% of Total
3Burundi95.7% of Total
4Yemen94.8% of Total
5Chad93.6% of Total
6Cambodia92.6% of Total
7Philippines92.1% of Total
8Niger90.7% of Total
9Mali90.6% of Total
10South Africa86.6% of Total
11Togo82.0% of Total
12Dominican Republic81.8% of Total
13Guinea81.3% of Total
14Kenya81.0% of Total
15Cote d'Ivoire80.7% of Total
16Belize79.6% of Total
17Pakistan78.6% of Total
18Honduras77.0% of Total
19Paraguay76.9% of Total
20Nicaragua74.8% of Total
21Republic of the Congo74.2% of Total
22Burkina Faso73.9% of Total
23Cameroon72.7% of Total
24Senegal72.4% of Total
25El Salvador72.4% of Total
26Panama71.8% of Total
27Tunisia69.6% of Total
28Algeria69.5% of Total
29Guatemala66.9% of Total
30Jordan66.8% of Total
31Morocco65.8% of Total
32Argentina59.5% of Total
33Kuwait58.3% of Total
34Botswana57.7% of Total
35India57.5% of Total
36Peru55.8% of Total
37Indonesia54.8% of Total
38Bangladesh54.2% of Total
39Malaysia49.8% of Total
40Colombia47.3% of Total
41Uruguay46.3% of Total
42Mexico45.7% of Total
43Islamic Republic of Iran45.0% of Total
44Azerbaijan40.8% of Total
45Mongolia40.5% of Total
46Saudi Arabia40.3% of Total
47Bahrain38.4% of Total
48The Republic of North Macedonia36.9% of Total
49Costa Rica33.6% of Total
50Gabon33.0% of Total
51United Arab Emirates30.7% of Total
52Ukraine29.4% of Total
53Armenia29.1% of Total
54Chile27.6% of Total
55Thailand26.3% of Total
56Qatar25.2% of Total
57Trinidad and Tobago24.9% of Total
58Slovakia23.6% of Total
59Türkiye20.4% of Total
60Vietnam20.3% of Total
61Romania19.6% of Total
62Bulgaria19.0% of Total
63Georgia17.2% of Total
64Kazakhstan13.4% of Total
65New Zealand12.9% of Total
66Cyprus11.4% of Total
67Iceland11.2% of Total
68Australia11.1% of Total
69Malta10.8% of Total
70Latvia10.7% of Total
71Hungary10.5% of Total
72United States of America10.4% of Total
73Greece10.3% of Total
74Serbia10.0% of Total
75Belgium9.7% of Total
76Macao9.1% of Total
77Portugal8.9% of Total
78France7.9% of Total
79Spain7.9% of Total
80Poland6.4% of Total
81Sweden6.4% of Total
82Denmark6.2% of Total
83Finland6.0% of Total
84Netherlands5.8% of Total
85Italy5.6% of Total
86Norway5.6% of Total
87Japan5.0% of Total
88Canada4.8% of Total
89Singapore4.6% of Total
90Lithuania4.4% of Total
91United Kingdom4.1% of Total
92Luxembourg3.8% of Total
93South Korea3.2% of Total
94Ireland2.5% 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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