PISA:Students at the lowest level of proficiency on the reading scale (%) - Learning Outcomes - Education Statistics

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Students at the lowest level of proficiency on the reading scale (%)

Rank	Country	Value
PISA:Students at the lowest level of proficiency on the reading scale (%) - Learning Outcomes - Education Statistics (2006)
1	Kyrgyzstan	70.48
2	Qatar	61.14
3	Azerbaijan	41.16
4	Argentina	35.80
5	Tunisia	31.49
6	Colombia	30.43
7	Bulgaria	28.81
8	Brazil	27.84
9	Montenegro	26.30
10	Romania	25.60
11	Uruguay	25.33
12	Serbia	23.58
13	Jordan	22.73
14	Indonesia	21.77
15	Mexico	20.98
16	Israel	20.26
17	Thailand	15.58
18	Chile	14.79
19	Russia	13.58
20	Greece	11.93
21	Italy	11.40
22	Slovakia	11.20
23	Turkey	10.80
24	Czech Republic	9.88
25	Portugal	9.29
26	Lithuania	8.71
27	Spain	8.67
28	Luxembourg	8.61
29	Belgium	8.56
30	France	8.47
31	Norway	8.44
32	Austria	8.40
33	Germany	8.26
34	Iceland	7.10
35	United Kingdom	6.78
36	Japan	6.70
37	Hungary	6.60
38	Croatia	6.20
39	Latvia	5.98
40	Switzerland	5.34
41	Netherlands	5.24
42	Poland	5.01
43	Sweden	4.96
44	Liechtenstein	4.88
45	New Zealand	4.68
46	Denmark	4.53
47	Slovenia	4.45
48	Australia	3.78
49	Estonia	3.37
50	Canada	3.35
51	Ireland	3.16
52	Macau	2.92
53	North Korea	1.44
54	South Korea	1.44
55	Hong Kong	1.28
56	Finland	0.79

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