Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2018-2019
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by OECD in nearly 80 nations of 15-year-old students’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science and reading.
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PISA 2018 – Average Score of Mathematics, Science and Reading:
| 1. | China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) | 578.7 |
| 2. | Singapore | 556.3 |
| 3. | Macao | 542.3 |
| 4. | Hong Kong, China | 530.7 |
| 5. | Estonia | 525.3 |
| 6. | Japan | 520.0 |
| 7. | South Korea | 519.7 |
| 8. | Canada | 516.7 |
| Taiwan | 516.7 | |
| 10. | Finland | 516.3 |
| 11. | Poland | 513.0 |
| 12. | Ireland | 504.7 |
| 13. | Slovenia | 503.7 |
| United Kingdom | 503.7 | |
| 15. | New Zealand | 502.7 |
| 16. | Netherlands | 502.3 |
| Sweden | 502.3 | |
| 18. | Denmark | 501.0 |
| 19. | Germany | 500.3 |
| 20. | Belgium | 500.0 |
| 21. | Australia | 499.0 |
| 22. | Switzerland | 498.0 |
| 23. | Norway | 496.7 |
| 24. | Czechia | 495.3 |
| 25. | United States | 495.0 |
| 26. | France | 493.7 |
| 27. | Portugal | 492.0 |
| 28. | Austria | 491.0 |
| 29. | Latvia | 487.3 |
| 30. | Russia | 481.7 |
| 31. | Iceland | 481.3 |
| 32. | Lithuania | 479.7 |
| 33. | Hungary | 479.3 |
| 34. | Italy | 477.0 |
| 35. | Luxembourg | 476.7 |
| 36. | Belarus | 472.3 |
| 37. | Croatia | 471.7 |
| 38. | Slovakia | 469.3 |
| 39. | Israel | 465.0 |
| 40. | Turkey | 462.7 |
| Ukraine | 462.7 | |
| 42. | Malta | 459.0 |
| 43. | Greece | 453.3 |
| 44. | Serbia | 442.3 |
| 45. | Cyprus | 438.0 |
| 46. | Chile | 437.7 |
| 47. | United Arab Emirates | 433.7 |
| 48. | Malaysia | 431.0 |
| 49. | Romania | 428.0 |
| 50. | Bulgaria | 426.7 |
| 51. | Moldova | 424.3 |
| 52. | Uruguay | 423.7 |
| 53. | Brunei | 423.0 |
| 54. | Montenegro | 422.0 |
| 55. | Albania | 419.7 |
| 56. | Jordan | 416.0 |
| Mexico | 416.0 | |
| 58. | Costa Rica | 414.7 |
| 59. | Qatar | 413.3 |
| 60. | Thailand | 412.7 |
| 61. | Colombia | 405.3 |
| 62. | Kazakhstan | 402.3 |
| Azerbaijan | 402.3 | |
| 64. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 402.3 |
| 65. | Peru | 401.7 |
| 66. | Brazil | 400.3 |
| 67. | North Macedonia | 400.0 |
| 68. | Argentina | 395.0 |
| 69. | Georgia | 387.0 |
| 70. | Saudi Arabia | 386.0 |
| 71. | Indonesia | 382.0 |
| 72. | Lebanon | 376.7 |
| 73. | Morocco | 368.0 |
| 74. | Panama | 365.0 |
| 75. | Kosovo | 361.3 |
| 76. | Philippines | 350.0 |
| 77. | Dominican Republic | 334.3 |
PISA 2018 Mathematics Results by Country:
| 1. | China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) | 591 |
| 2. | Singapore | 569 |
| 3. | Macao | 558 |
| 4. | Hong Kong, China | 551 |
| 5. | Taiwan | 531 |
| 6. | Japan | 527 |
| 7. | South Korea | 526 |
| 8. | Estonia | 523 |
| 9. | Netherlands | 519 |
| 10. | Poland | 516 |
| 11. | Switzerland | 515 |
| 12. | Canada | 512 |
| 13. | Denmark | 509 |
| Slovenia | 509 | |
| 15. | Belgium | 508 |
| 16. | Finland | 507 |
| 17. | Sweden | 502 |
| United Kingdom | 502 | |
| 19. | Norway | 501 |
| 20. | Germany | 500 |
| Ireland | 500 | |
| 22. | Austria | 499 |
| Czechia | 499 | |
| 24. | Latvia | 496 |
| 25. | France | 495 |
| Iceland | 495 | |
| 27. | New Zealand | 494 |
| 28. | Portugal | 492 |
| 29. | Australia | 491 |
| 30. | Russia | 488 |
| 31. | Italy | 487 |
| 32. | Slovakia | 486 |
| 33. | Luxembourg | 483 |
| 34. | Hungary | 481 |
| Lithuania | 481 | |
| Spain | 481 | |
| 37. | United States | 478 |
| 38. | Malta | 472 |
| Belarus | 472 | |
| 40. | Croatia | 464 |
| 41. | Israel | 463 |
| 42. | Turkey | 454 |
| 43. | Ukraine | 453 |
| 44. | Cyprus | 451 |
| Greece | 451 | |
| 46. | Serbia | 448 |
| 47. | Malaysia | 440 |
| 48. | Albania | 437 |
| 49. | Bulgaria | 436 |
| 50. | United Arab Emirates | 435 |
| 51. | Brunei | 430 |
| Romania | 430 | |
| Montenegro | 430 | |
| 54. | Kazakhstan | 423 |
| 55. | Moldova | 421 |
| 56. | Azerbaijan | 420 |
| 57. | Thailand | 419 |
| 58. | Uruguay | 418 |
| 59. | Chile | 417 |
| 60. | Qatar | 414 |
| 61. | Mexico | 409 |
| 62. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 406 |
| 63. | Costa Rica | 402 |
| 64. | Jordan | 400 |
| Peru | 400 | |
| 66. | Georgia | 398 |
| 67. | North Macedonia | 394 |
| 68. | Lebanon | 393 |
| 69. | Colombia | 391 |
| 70. | Brazil | 384 |
| 71. | Argentina | 379 |
| Indonesia | 379 | |
| 73. | Saudi Arabia | 373 |
| 74. | Morocco | 368 |
| 75. | Kosovo | 366 |
| 76. | Panama | 353 |
| Philippines | 353 | |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 325 |
PISA 2018 Science Results by Country:
| 1. | China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) | 590 |
| 2. | Singapore | 551 |
| 3. | Macao | 544 |
| 4. | Estonia | 530 |
| 5. | Japan | 529 |
| 6. | Finland | 522 |
| 7. | South Korea | 519 |
| 8. | Canada | 518 |
| 9. | Hong Kong, China | 517 |
| 10. | Taiwan | 516 |
| 11. | Poland | 511 |
| 12. | New Zealand | 508 |
| 13. | Slovenia | 507 |
| 14. | United Kingdom | 505 |
| 15. | Australia | 503 |
| Germany | 503 | |
| Netherlands | 503 | |
| 18. | United States | 502 |
| 19. | Belgium | 499 |
| Sweden | 499 | |
| 21. | Czechia | 497 |
| 22. | Ireland | 496 |
| 23. | Switzerland | 495 |
| 24. | Denmark | 493 |
| France | 493 | |
| 26. | Portugal | 492 |
| 27. | Austria | 490 |
| Norway | 490 | |
| 29. | Latvia | 487 |
| 30. | Spain | 483 |
| 31. | Lithuania | 482 |
| 32. | Hungary | 481 |
| 33. | Russia | 478 |
| 34. | Luxembourg | 477 |
| 35. | Iceland | 475 |
| 36. | Croatia | 472 |
| 37. | Belarus | 471 |
| 38. | Ukraine | 469 |
| 39. | Italy | 468 |
| Turkey | 468 | |
| 41. | Slovakia | 464 |
| 42. | Israel | 462 |
| 43. | Malta | 457 |
| 44. | Greece | 452 |
| 45. | Chile | 444 |
| 46. | Serbia | 440 |
| 47. | Cyprus | 439 |
| 48. | Malaysia | 438 |
| 49. | United Arab Emirates | 434 |
| 50. | Brunei | 431 |
| 51. | Jordan | 429 |
| 52. | Moldova | 428 |
| 53. | Romania | 426 |
| 54. | Thailand | 426 |
| Uruguay | 426 | |
| 56. | Bulgaria | 424 |
| 57. | Mexico | 419 |
| Qatar | 419 | |
| 59. | Albania | 417 |
| 60. | Costa Rica | 416 |
| 61. | Montenegro | 415 |
| 62. | Colombia | 413 |
| North Macedonia | 413 | |
| 64. | Argentina | 404 |
| Brazil | 404 | |
| Peru | 404 | |
| 67. | Azerbaijan | 398 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 398 | |
| 69. | Kazakhstan | 397 |
| 70. | Indonesia | 396 |
| 71. | Saudi Arabia | 386 |
| 72. | Lebanon | 384 |
| 73. | Georgia | 383 |
| 74. | Morocco | 377 |
| 75. | Kosovo | 365 |
| Panama | 365 | |
| 77. | Philippines | 357 |
| 78. | Dominican Republic | 336 |
PISA 2018 Reading Results by Country:
| 1. | China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) | 555 |
| 2. | Singapore | 549 |
| 3. | Macao | 525 |
| 4. | Hong Kong, China | 524 |
| 5. | Estonia | 523 |
| 6. | Canada | 520 |
| 7. | Finland | 520 |
| 8. | Ireland | 518 |
| 9. | South Korea | 514 |
| 10. | Poland | 512 |
| 11. | New Zealand | 506 |
| Sweden | 506 | |
| 13. | United States | 505 |
| 14. | Japan | 504 |
| United Kingdom | 504 | |
| 16. | Australia | 503 |
| Taiwan | 503 | |
| 18. | Denmark | 501 |
| 19. | Norway | 499 |
| 20. | Germany | 498 |
| 21. | Slovenia | 495 |
| 22. | Belgium | 493 |
| France | 493 | |
| 24. | Portugal | 492 |
| 25. | Czechia | 490 |
| 26. | Netherlands | 485 |
| 27. | Switzerland | 484 |
| Austria | 484 | |
| 29. | Croatia | 479 |
| Latvia | 479 | |
| Russia | 479 | |
| 32. | Hungary | 476 |
| Italy | 476 | |
| Lithuania | 476 | |
| 35. | Iceland | 474 |
| Belarus | 474 | |
| 37. | Israel | 470 |
| Luxembourg | 470 | |
| 39. | Turkey | 466 |
| Ukraine | 466 | |
| 41. | Slovakia | 458 |
| 42. | Greece | 457 |
| 43. | Chile | 452 |
| 44. | Malta | 448 |
| 45. | Serbia | 439 |
| 46. | United Arab Emirates | 432 |
| 47. | Romania | 428 |
| 48. | Uruguay | 427 |
| 49. | Costa Rica | 426 |
| 50. | Cyprus | 424 |
| Moldova | 424 | |
| 52. | Montenegro | 421 |
| 53. | Bulgaria | 420 |
| Mexico | 420 | |
| 55. | Jordan | 419 |
| 56. | Malaysia | 415 |
| 57. | Brazil | 413 |
| 58. | Colombia | 412 |
| 59. | Brunei | 408 |
| 60. | Qatar | 407 |
| 61. | Albania | 405 |
| 62. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403 |
| 63. | Argentina | 402 |
| 64. | Peru | 401 |
| 65. | Saudi Arabia | 399 |
| 66. | North Macedonia | 393 |
| Thailand | 393 | |
| 68. | Azerbaijan | 389 |
| 69. | Kazakhstan | 387 |
| 70. | Georgia | 380 |
| 71. | Panama | 377 |
| 72. | Indonesia | 371 |
| 73. | Morocco | 359 |
| 74. | Kosovo | 353 |
| Lebanon | 353 | |
| 76. | Dominican Republic | 342 |
| 77. | Philippines | 340 |
*Reading results for Spain were not published after the OECD detected “anomalies” that indicated the students responded unnaturally quickly to the questions – “in less than 25 seconds.” (El País)
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