{"id": 1031130, "name": "Share of children achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of primary age", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2025-05-14T12:37:50.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-01-22T09:14:01.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2000-2023", "datasetId": 7076, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "proportion_of_children_young_people_at_the_age_of_primary_education_prepared_for_the_future_in_reading__both_sexes__pct__prepfuture_1_read", "catalogPath": "grapher/unesco/2025-05-01/education_sdgs/education_sdgs#proportion_of_children_young_people_at_the_age_of_primary_education_prepared_for_the_future_in_reading__both_sexes__pct__prepfuture_1_read", "descriptionShort": "Percentage of children at [primary](#dod:primary-education) school age meeting minimum reading proficiency by the end of [primary](#dod:primary-education) education. This data accounts for school completion rates to estimate reading skills for all children, not just those in school.", "descriptionFromProducer": "", "type": "float", "grapherConfigIdETL": "019759d8-c0c6-75e1-ba16-8ae0e0d5526c", "dataChecksum": "17547941605729621174", "metadataChecksum": "-3291896089113767864", "datasetName": "UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - Education (SDGs)", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-05-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Primary reading", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 10, "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"titlePublic": "Share of children achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of primary age", "topicTagsLinks": ["Global Education"]}, "descriptionKey": ["This indicator measures the share of children or students who achieve minimum proficiency in reading or mathematics by the end of a given education level (primary or lower secondary).", "Minimum proficiency in [reading](#dod:reading-proficiency) and [mathematics](#dod:math-proficiency) is defined differently at each education level.", "At the end of **[primary education](#dod:primary-education)**, minimum reading proficiency means students can identify key ideas in simple texts and connect them to their own experiences. In mathematics, it means demonstrating number sense and computation, basic measurement, interpreting simple graphs, spatial orientation, and number patterns.", "At the end of **[lower secondary](#dod:lower-secondary-education)**, minimum reading proficiency means students can connect ideas across different types of texts, understand the author\u2019s intent, and draw conclusions based on the text. In mathematics, it means applying computation skills, solving real-world problems, interpreting graphs and tables, and using algebraic representations.", "There are two types of estimates: one for all children in the age group, and one for students who are enrolled in school.", "Estimates for all children adjust for school completion and enrollment, offering a full population-level view \u2014 including those who dropped out or were never enrolled.", "Estimates for students reflect outcomes only among those still in school at the end of the education cycle.", "Data comes from international assessments such as [TIMSS, PIRLS](https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/), or [PISA](https://www.oecd.org/en/about/programmes/pisa.html), combined with completion and enrollment data from surveys or statistical models."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2021}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2002}, 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