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Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation

Name: Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation covers 125 countries on 5 measures. Zambia is highest, at 98.504; Ireland is lowest, at 2.331. The middle country reads 32.717. 17 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Learning Poverty · Latest available · compiled 2023

HighestZambia

98.504

LowestIreland

2.331

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

125countries
5measures per country
2023compiled · readings from many years
125distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation, as published. World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
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1	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa · 2019 reading	98.504	14.896	98.2424	—	—	2019
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	97.717	8.533	97.5043	97.287	98.13	2019
3	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa · 2016 reading	96.899	8.798	96.6000	—	—	2016
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa · 2019 reading	96.602	63.196	90.7660	96.936	96.26	2019
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa · 2019 reading	95.819	6.583	95.5242	95.888	95.72	2019
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa · 2019 reading	95.242	24.000	93.7395	—	—	2019
7	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa · 2004 reading, too old to compare	94.765	25.767	92.9483	—	—	2004
8	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia · 2011 reading, too old to compare	94.660	17.834	93.5011	94.455	94.76	2011
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa · 2019 reading	94.411	26.534	92.3918	95.262	93.58	2019
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia · 2013 reading	93.268	43.900	88.0000	—	—	2013
11	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	90.913	4.975	90.4376	89.683	92.10	2019
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa · 2012 reading, too old to compare	90.438	32.948	85.7400	90.377	90.58	2012
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2019 reading	90.437	33.512	85.6167	100.000	90.66	2019
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa · 2015 reading	90.390	14.802	88.7200	—	—	2015
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	90.003	9.310	88.9772	87.498	92.64	2019
16	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	89.468	1.947	89.2588	—	—	2019
17	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa · 2008 reading, too old to compare	86.023	20.826	82.3469	—	—	2008
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa · 2019 reading	82.675	21.913	77.8131	84.055	81.32	2019
19	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2021 reading	82.017	7.551	80.5483	77.083	86.64	2021
20	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa · 2014 reading	81.923	4.356	81.1000	—	—	2014
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa · 2019 reading	81.658	5.308	80.6297	81.364	82.02	2019
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa · 2019 reading	79.885	8.700	77.9687	78.919	80.72	2019
23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia · 2019 reading	79.543	31.811	70.0000	80.130	78.58	2019
24	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2019 reading	79.292	19.529	74.2659	—	—	2019
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa · 2023 reading	79.286	18.770	74.5000	77.419	81.01	2023
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2019 reading	78.903	3.680	78.0974	—	—	2019
27	Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2019 reading	78.516	10.787	75.9186	—	—	2019
28	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2019 reading	78.513	13.218	75.2397	—	—	2019
29	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2019 reading	77.744	12.161	74.6628	—	—	2019
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2019 reading	77.718	6.133	76.2621	—	—	2019
31	Belize`BLZ`Central America · 2001 reading, too old to compare	76.414	6.472	74.7820	73.380	79.61	2001
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2019 reading	73.861	20.658	67.0554	73.892	73.88	2019
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa · 2019 reading	71.933	7.126	69.7791	71.169	72.68	2019
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa · 2019 reading	70.014	10.706	66.4189	65.519	74.21	2019
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2019 reading	69.074	18.400	62.1002	—	—	2019
36	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa · 2019 reading	68.568	23.539	58.8915	64.910	72.39	2019
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa · 2007 reading, too old to compare	67.903	4.109	66.5280	66.374	69.46	2007
38	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2019 reading	65.937	2.420	65.0925	—	—	2019
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa · 2011 reading, too old to compare	65.533	1.175	65.1229	61.064	69.56	2011
40	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2014 reading	64.491	1.910	63.8000	—	—	2014
41	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia · 2021 reading	62.246	19.046	53.3637	57.914	66.78	2021
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa · 2021 reading	59.760	0.844	59.4170	53.313	65.81	2021
43	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2019 reading	59.147	0.519	58.9339	—	—	2019
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa · 2021 reading	56.119	1.542	55.4320	—	—	2021
45	India`IND`Southern Asia · 2017 reading	56.071	5.120	53.7000	55.204	57.48	2017
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa · 2019 reading	55.776	2.789	54.5073	—	—	2019
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	52.823	6.825	49.3672	50.697	54.81	2015
48	Colombia`COL`South America · 2019 reading	51.357	2.242	50.2414	—	—	2019
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2022 reading	51.220	2.440	50.0000	49.139	54.17	2022
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia · 2016 reading	51.083	3.356	49.3839	44.105	58.25	2016
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa · 2011 reading, too old to compare	50.838	11.740	44.2981	44.179	57.69	2011
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2019 reading	47.634	0.830	47.1956	—	—	2019
53	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2019 reading	46.898	2.449	45.5648	—	—	2019
54	Peru`PER`South America · 2019 reading	44.442	1.499	43.5970	—	—	2019
55	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2019 reading	43.618	0.359	43.4150	—	—	2019
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	42.026	0.483	41.7440	34.448	49.81	2019
57	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia · 2021 reading	41.536	0.229	41.4020	37.538	44.99	2021
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia · 2021 reading	40.614	4.530	37.7959	—	—	2021
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa · 2006 reading, too old to compare	40.458	3.962	38.0012	—	—	2006
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2007 reading, too old to compare	39.465	2.260	38.0652	38.342	40.54	2007
61	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	37.922	0.000	37.9216	32.941	43.20	2021
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2021 reading	37.547	7.384	32.5674	33.835	40.83	2021
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2019 reading	34.024	1.100	33.2903	—	—	2019
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	33.029	4.271	30.0406	29.301	36.94	2021
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia · 2021 reading	32.406	4.892	28.9286	26.666	40.31	2021
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2021 reading	32.365	3.155	30.1618	—	—	2021
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa · 2019 reading	30.678	9.091	23.7450	28.390	33.01	2019
68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia · 2021 reading	30.166	1.895	28.8167	22.105	38.36	2021
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2007 reading, too old to compare	27.880	11.729	18.2970	26.304	29.35	2007
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2019 reading	27.241	9.157	19.9070	25.216	29.13	2019
71	Chile`CHL`South America · 2019 reading	27.190	5.224	23.1771	26.711	27.63	2019
72	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia · 2021 reading	25.916	1.257	24.9732	21.367	30.69	2021
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2011 reading, too old to compare	23.416	1.917	21.9186	20.535	26.25	2011
74	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	22.125	16.846	6.3478	20.622	23.61	2021
75	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia · 2021 reading	21.059	1.806	19.6074	16.922	25.24	2021
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean · 2016 reading	20.645	1.220	19.6643	16.736	24.91	2016
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2021 reading	18.509	5.123	14.1088	16.622	20.36	2021
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2016 reading	18.200	0.000	18.2000	—	—	2016
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	18.186	11.914	7.1201	17.285	19.01	2021
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	18.121	0.000	18.1209	15.801	20.31	2019
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare	17.860	4.410	14.0706	16.062	19.55	2011
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	15.811	3.129	13.0919	—	—	2021
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2021 reading	15.440	9.646	6.4126	—	—	2021
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2021 reading	14.969	11.355	4.0767	—	—	2021
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia · 2015 reading	14.806	0.937	14.0000	—	—	2015
86	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2021 reading	14.399	2.680	12.0421	—	—	2021
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	14.207	10.642	3.9887	—	—	2021
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2021 reading	13.526	0.786	12.8411	9.650	17.18	2021
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading, too old to compare	11.010	2.490	8.7377	—	—	2006
90	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand · 2021 reading	10.861	0.822	10.1224	8.763	12.86	2021
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2021 reading	10.415	1.227	9.3020	7.435	13.44	2021
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2021 reading	10.250	2.224	8.2083	9.087	11.42	2021
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	10.237	2.558	7.8806	—	—	2021
94	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	10.160	0.447	9.7570	9.397	10.82	2021
95	United States`USA`Northern America · 2021 reading	9.692	4.442	5.4934	8.995	10.38	2021
96	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading, too old to compare	9.323	2.677	6.8289	7.447	11.23	2006
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	9.156	3.493	5.8675	7.769	10.54	2021
98	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2021 reading	9.064	3.501	5.7646	6.938	11.14	2021
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	8.847	1.777	7.1974	7.618	10.01	2021
100	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2021 reading	8.527	0.886	7.7089	7.299	9.71	2021
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	8.438	2.891	5.7121	6.012	10.75	2021
102	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	7.978	2.289	5.8224	6.944	8.94	2021
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2001 reading, too old to compare	7.686	2.321	5.4930	5.062	10.26	2001
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	7.300	2.657	4.7694	6.642	7.90	2021
105	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	7.218	1.690	5.6236	—	—	2021
106	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia · 2021 reading	7.190	3.240	4.0820	6.933	9.06	2021
107	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2021 reading	6.637	0.532	6.1374	5.361	7.91	2021
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	5.551	2.840	2.7898	4.609	6.39	2021
109	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	5.497	2.757	2.8173	5.355	5.64	2021
110	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia · 2021 reading	5.390	3.734	1.7201	—	—	2021
111	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	5.272	0.576	4.7235	4.177	6.35	2021
112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	5.137	1.137	4.0458	4.126	6.21	2021
113	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	4.781	1.310	3.5169	3.591	5.96	2021
114	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2021 reading	4.491	0.971	3.5544	3.132	5.83	2021
115	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2016 reading	4.302	0.044	4.2596	3.782	4.81	2016
116	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	4.294	0.117	4.1815	2.966	5.57	2021
117	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2021 reading	3.891	2.006	1.9227	—	—	2021
118	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2021 reading	3.764	2.162	1.6379	—	—	2021
119	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	3.595	1.800	1.8279	2.678	4.95	2019
120	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	3.394	0.430	2.9763	2.771	4.07	2021
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia · 2021 reading	3.370	0.031	3.3402	2.103	4.57	2021
122	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	3.276	0.398	2.8895	2.115	4.43	2021
123	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	3.230	2.452	0.7974	3.287	3.18	2019
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2006 reading, too old to compare	2.950	1.744	1.2279	2.031	3.83	2006
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2021 reading	2.331	0.115	2.2177	2.204	2.45	2021

02In Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

1Zambia98.504
2Laos97.717
3Lesotho96.899
4DR Congo96.602
5Burundi95.819

Lowest

125Ireland2.331
123South Korea3.230
122Lithuania3.276
121Singapore3.370
120United Kingdom3.394

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.717. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Primary-age children out of school (%)
HighestDR Congo63.196
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 3.010
Pupils below minimum reading proficiency (%)
HighestZambia98.2424
LowestSouth Korea0.7974
Middle country: 30.1012
Female
HighestNiger100.000
LowestSingapore2.103
Middle country: 20.622
Male
HighestLaos98.13
LowestIreland2.45
Middle country: 25.24

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