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Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator SE_G23_RDG.
- Coverage
- 52 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2017
- Series
- 52
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- who-se-g23-rdg
- Interva ID
- who-se-g23-rdg
Recency
stale
data to 2017; 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
0%Latest observation is 2017; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 8 year(s) behind (stale).
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
100%13 of 52 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% 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 52 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 1 observations; the earliest begins in 2012.
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 children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading for each of the 52 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2016–2016
- Albania 2014–2014
- Antigua and Barbuda 2013–2015
- Argentina 2013–2016
- Australia 2015–2017
- Bangladesh 2013–2015
- Benin 2014–2014
- Brazil 2013–2016
- Burkina Faso 2014–2014
- Burundi 2014–2014
- Cameroon 2014–2014
- Chad 2014–2014
- Chile 2013–2017
- China 2016–2016
- Colombia 2013–2017
- Congo 2014–2014
- Costa Rica 2013–2013
- Côte d'Ivoire 2014–2014
- Dominica 2012–2015
- Dominican Republic 2013–2013
- Ecuador 2013–2016
- Egypt 2013–2013
- Ghana 2013–2016
- Grenada 2012–2015
- Guatemala 2013–2014
- Honduras 2013–2016
- India 2016–2016
- Jamaica 2014–2014
- Kenya 2015–2016
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2017–2017
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2014–2014
- Malawi 2012–2012
- Malaysia 2017–2017
- Mali 2016–2016
- Mexico 2012–2013
- New Zealand 2013–2015
- Nicaragua 2013–2013
- Niger 2014–2014
- Pakistan 2013–2016
- Panama 2013–2013
- Paraguay 2013–2015
- Peru 2012–2016
- Saint Lucia 2015–2015
- Senegal 2014–2016
- South Africa 2012–2014
- Sri Lanka 2013–2015
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2013–2015
- Togo 2014–2014
- Uganda 2014–2015
- United States 2015–2015
- Uruguay 2013–2013
- Zambia 2014–2014
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2017 | 95 | percent |
| Chile | 2017 | 69.90 | percent |
| Colombia | 2017 | 82 | percent |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 2017 | 93.50 | percent |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 86.40 | percent |
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 47 | percent |
| Argentina | 2016 | 62.40 | percent |
| Australia | 2016 | 95 | percent |
| Brazil | 2016 | 78.30 | percent |
| Chile | 2016 | 69.10 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Health Organization declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
World Health Organization
Global Health Observatory — SE_G23_RDG
declared by who in IndicatorCode
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.
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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-who-se-g23-rdg,
title = {Proportion of children in grades 2/3 achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading},
author = {World Health Organization},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/who-se-g23-rdg}},
note = {Interva dataset who-se-g23-rdg; 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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