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Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, urban areas, both sexes
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, urban areas, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator READ.PRIMARY.URBAN.
- Coverage
- 85 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2023
- Series
- 85
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- uis-read-primary-urban
- Interva ID
- uis-read-primary-urban
Recency
current
data to 2023; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2023; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 2 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
25%59 of 85 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 25% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 85 of the 251 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 2 observations; the earliest begins in 2001.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-08.
By country
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, urban areas, both sexes for each of the 85 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Albania 2021–2021
- Argentina 2006–2019
- Austria 2006–2021
- Azerbaijan 2011–2021
- Bahrain 2016–2016
- Belgium 2021–2021
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2017–2017
- Botswana 2006–2006
- Brazil 2006–2019
- Bulgaria 2001–2021
- Canada 2001–2021
- Chile 2006–2006
- Colombia 2006–2019
- Costa Rica 2006–2019
- Croatia 2011–2021
- Cuba 2019–2019
- Cyprus 2021–2021
- Czechia 2001–2021
- Dominican Republic 2006–2019
- Ecuador 2006–2019
- Egypt 2023–2023
- El Salvador 2006–2019
- Eswatini 2006–2006
- Finland 2011–2021
- France 2001–2021
- Georgia 2006–2021
- Germany 2001–2021
- Greece 2001–2001
- Guatemala 2006–2019
- Honduras 2019–2019
- Hong Kong 2006–2016
- Hungary 2001–2021
- Indonesia 2006–2011
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2001–2021
- Israel 2001–2021
- Italy 2001–2021
- Jordan 2021–2021
- Kazakhstan 2016–2021
- Kuwait 2001–2011
- Latvia 2001–2021
- Lesotho 2013–2013
- Lithuania 2001–2016
- Malawi 2006–2013
- Malta 2011–2011
- Mauritius 2006–2006
- Mexico 2006–2019
- Moldova, Republic of 2001–2006
- Montenegro 2021–2021
- Morocco 2001–2021
- Mozambique 2006–2006
- Namibia 2006–2013
- Netherlands 2001–2021
- New Zealand 2001–2021
- Nicaragua 2006–2019
- Nigeria 2023–2023
- North Macedonia 2001–2021
- Oman 2011–2021
- Pakistan 2023–2023
- Palestine, State of 2023–2023
- Panama 2006–2019
- Paraguay 2006–2019
- Peru 2006–2019
- Poland 2006–2021
- Portugal 2011–2021
- Qatar 2006–2021
- Romania 2001–2011
- Russian Federation 2001–2021
- Saudi Arabia 2011–2016
- Serbia 2021–2021
- Seychelles 2006–2006
- Singapore 2001–2016
- Slovakia 2001–2016
- Slovenia 2006–2021
- South Africa 2006–2013
- Spain 2006–2021
- Sweden 2001–2021
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2006–2006
- Trinidad and Tobago 2006–2016
- Türkiye 2001–2021
- United Arab Emirates 2011–2021
- United Kingdom 2021–2021
- United States 2001–2021
- Uruguay 2006–2019
- Uzbekistan 2021–2021
- Zimbabwe 2006–2013
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2023 | 41.69 | percent |
| Nigeria | 2023 | 26.93 | percent |
| Pakistan | 2023 | 28.74 | percent |
| Palestine, State of | 2023 | 42.42 | percent |
| Albania | 2021 | 95.16 | percent |
| Austria | 2021 | 92.07 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2021 | 77.44 | percent |
| Belgium | 2021 | 91.59 | percent |
| Bulgaria | 2021 | 96.55 | percent |
| Canada | 2021 | 98.95 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as UIS declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UIS Data API indicator READ.PRIMARY.URBAN; national ministries' survey returns, not named per figure by the publisher
declared by uis in indicator
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
UIS (2026). Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, urban areas, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-read-primary-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-uis-read-primary-urban,
title = {Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, urban areas, both sexes},
author = {UIS},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/uis-read-primary-urban}},
note = {Interva dataset uis-read-primary-urban; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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