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Primary reading proficiency

Students at the end of primary education reaching the minimum reading proficiency level; assessment programmes may not be directly comparable.

Indicator ID
uis:reading-proficiency-primary
Unit
% of assessed students
Source family
UIS

Source citation: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), February 2026 Data Release (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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