Global Student Reading Proficiency at Lower Secondary Level

Proportions of students achieving minimum reading proficiency at the end of lower secondary education. The dataset is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) and was last updated on 2026-07-12. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Benchmark national education systems based on reported student proficiency levels.
• Analyze trends in global literacy attainment over time.
• Model the impact of disruptions like COVID-19 on learning outcomes.
• Compare reading proficiency across different countries or regions.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a major UN agency, UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ).
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-3.0-IGO license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description is minimal, lacking details on methodology, temporal coverage, or specific countries included.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-12 10:38:10.847787; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global