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China: Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
81.80percent · 2016
Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator SE_G23_RDG. Annual figures for China from 2016 to 2016.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 81.8 |
Source
Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Health Organization (2026). Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-se-g23-rdg (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Lucia
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Togo
- Uganda
- United States
- Uruguay
- Zambia
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