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Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of
lower-secondary education, 2023

Minimum math proficiency for the end of lower-secondary education means students demonstrate skills in computation,application problems, matching tables and graphs, and making use of algebraic representations.

Share of students atthe end oflower-secondaryeducation withminimum mathproficiency0%20%40%60%80%Low-income countriesLower-middle-income countriesUpper-middle-income countriesHigh-income countriesSingaporeLatviaCzechiaVietnamPortugalIsraelRomaniaCyprusMalaysiaGeorgiaArgentinaPalestinePhilippinesZambia

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    Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of lower-secondary education

    What you should know about this indicator

    Proportion of children and young people achieving a minimum proficiency level in reading and mathematics (%)

    Further information available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-04-01-01.pdf

    Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of lower-secondary education
    Proportion of children and young people achieving a minimum proficiency level in reading and mathematics (%)
    Source
    UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data
    Last updated
    August 27, 2024
    Next expected update
    August 2026
    Date range
    2000–2022
    Unit
    %

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    Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level

    Sources and processing

    This data is based on the following sources

    The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) dataset is the primary collection of data tracking progress towards the SDG indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources.

    Retrieved on
    August 27, 2024
    Retrieved from
    https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal
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    UNESCO Institute for Statistics via UN SDG Indicators Database (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (accessed 2024). More information available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-04-01-01.pdf.

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