Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation

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Learning Poverty, 2023 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Positionderived	Country	10-year-olds who cannot read a simple text (%)	Primary-age children out of school (%)	Pupils below minimum reading proficiency (%)	Female	Male	Reference year
1	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2019 reading	98.504	14.896	98.2424	—	—	2019
2	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	97.717	8.533	97.5043	97.287	98.13	2019
3	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa · 2016 reading	96.899	8.798	96.6000	—	—	2016
4	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa · 2019 reading	96.602	63.196	90.7660	96.936	96.26	2019
5	BurundiBDIEastern Africa · 2019 reading	95.819	6.583	95.5242	95.888	95.72	2019
6	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2019 reading	95.242	24.000	93.7395	—	—	2019
7	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa · 2004 reading, too old to compare	94.765	25.767	92.9483	—	—	2004
8	YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2011 reading, too old to compare	94.660	17.834	93.5011	94.455	94.76	2011
9	ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2019 reading	94.411	26.534	92.3918	95.262	93.58	2019
10	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia · 2013 reading	93.268	43.900	88.0000	—	—	2013
11	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	90.913	4.975	90.4376	89.683	92.10	2019
12	MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2012 reading, too old to compare	90.438	32.948	85.7400	90.377	90.58	2012
13	NigerNERWestern Africa · 2019 reading	90.437	33.512	85.6167	100.000	90.66	2019
14	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa · 2015 reading	90.390	14.802	88.7200	—	—	2015
15	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	90.003	9.310	88.9772	87.498	92.64	2019
16	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	89.468	1.947	89.2588	—	—	2019
17	ComorosCOMEastern Africa · 2008 reading, too old to compare	86.023	20.826	82.3469	—	—	2008
18	GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2019 reading	82.675	21.913	77.8131	84.055	81.32	2019
19	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2021 reading	82.017	7.551	80.5483	77.083	86.64	2021
20	UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2014 reading	81.923	4.356	81.1000	—	—	2014
21	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2019 reading	81.658	5.308	80.6297	81.364	82.02	2019
22	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2019 reading	79.885	8.700	77.9687	78.919	80.72	2019
23	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia · 2019 reading	79.543	31.811	70.0000	80.130	78.58	2019
24	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2019 reading	79.292	19.529	74.2659	—	—	2019
25	KenyaKENEastern Africa · 2023 reading	79.286	18.770	74.5000	77.419	81.01	2023

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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