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Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator SE_LSC_RDNG.
- Coverage
- 84 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2017
- Series
- 84
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- who-se-lsc-rdng
- Interva ID
- who-se-lsc-rdng
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
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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
50%57 of 84 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 50% 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 84 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 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 at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading for each of the 84 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Albania 2012–2012
- Algeria 2015–2015
- Argentina 2012–2016
- Australia 2012–2015
- Austria 2012–2016
- Bangladesh 2013–2015
- Belgium 2012–2015
- Bhutan 2013–2015
- Botswana 2015–2017
- Brazil 2012–2015
- Bulgaria 2012–2015
- Cambodia 2017–2017
- Canada 2012–2015
- Chad 2012–2012
- Chile 2012–2015
- China 2015–2016
- Colombia 2012–2017
- Costa Rica 2012–2015
- Croatia 2012–2015
- Cyprus 2015–2015
- Czechia 2012–2015
- Denmark 2012–2015
- Dominican Republic 2015–2015
- Ecuador 2014–2016
- Estonia 2012–2015
- Finland 2012–2015
- France 2012–2015
- Georgia 2015–2015
- Germany 2012–2015
- Greece 2012–2015
- Guatemala 2013–2013
- Honduras 2014–2016
- Hungary 2012–2015
- Iceland 2012–2015
- Indonesia 2012–2015
- Ireland 2012–2015
- Israel 2012–2015
- Italy 2012–2015
- Jamaica 2014–2016
- Jordan 2012–2015
- Kazakhstan 2012–2015
- Korea, Republic of 2012–2015
- Latvia 2012–2015
- Lebanon 2015–2015
- Lithuania 2012–2015
- Luxembourg 2012–2015
- Malaysia 2012–2017
- Malta 2015–2015
- Mauritius 2014–2015
- Mexico 2012–2017
- Moldova, Republic of 2015–2015
- Montenegro 2012–2015
- Netherlands 2012–2015
- New Zealand 2012–2015
- North Macedonia 2015–2015
- Norway 2012–2015
- Pakistan 2014–2014
- Paraguay 2015–2015
- Peru 2016–2016
- Poland 2012–2015
- Portugal 2012–2015
- Qatar 2012–2015
- Romania 2012–2015
- Russian Federation 2012–2015
- Senegal 2016–2016
- Serbia 2012–2012
- Seychelles 2014–2016
- Singapore 2012–2015
- Slovakia 2012–2015
- Slovenia 2012–2015
- South Africa 2012–2014
- Spain 2012–2015
- Sri Lanka 2015–2017
- Sweden 2012–2015
- Switzerland 2012–2015
- Thailand 2012–2015
- Trinidad and Tobago 2015–2015
- Tunisia 2012–2015
- Türkiye 2012–2015
- United Arab Emirates 2012–2015
- United Kingdom 2012–2015
- United States 2012–2015
- Uruguay 2012–2015
- Viet Nam 2012–2015
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 2017 | 79.20 | percent |
| Cambodia | 2017 | 38 | percent |
| Colombia | 2017 | 89 | percent |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 73.40 | percent |
| Mexico | 2017 | 66.30 | percent |
| Sri Lanka | 2017 | 90 | percent |
| Argentina | 2016 | 61.60 | percent |
| Austria | 2016 | 84 | percent |
| Botswana | 2016 | 78.90 | percent |
| China | 2016 | 79.60 | 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_LSC_RDNG
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 at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-se-lsc-rdng (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-who-se-lsc-rdng,
title = {Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading},
author = {World Health Organization},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/who-se-lsc-rdng}},
note = {Interva dataset who-se-lsc-rdng; 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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