PISA 2018 Worldwide Ranking – average score of mathematics, science and reading

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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.Singapore556.3
3.Macao542.3
4.Hong Kong, China530.7
5.Estonia525.3
6.Japan520.0
7.South Korea519.7
8.Canada516.7
Taiwan516.7
10.Finland516.3
11.Poland513.0
12.Ireland504.7
13.Slovenia503.7
United Kingdom503.7
15.New Zealand502.7
16.Netherlands502.3
Sweden502.3
18.Denmark501.0
19.Germany500.3
20.Belgium500.0
21.Australia499.0
22. Switzerland498.0
23.Norway496.7
24.Czechia495.3
25.United States495.0
26.France493.7
27.Portugal492.0
28.Austria491.0
29.Latvia487.3
30.Russia481.7
31.Iceland481.3
32.Lithuania479.7
33.Hungary479.3
34.Italy477.0
35.Luxembourg476.7
36.Belarus472.3
37.Croatia471.7
38.Slovakia469.3
39.Israel465.0
40.Turkey462.7
Ukraine462.7
42.Malta459.0
43.Greece453.3
44.Serbia442.3
45.Cyprus438.0
46.Chile437.7
47.United Arab Emirates433.7
48.Malaysia431.0
49.Romania428.0
50.Bulgaria426.7
51.Moldova424.3
52.Uruguay423.7
53.Brunei423.0
54.Montenegro422.0
55.Albania419.7
56.Jordan416.0
Mexico416.0
58.Costa Rica414.7
59.Qatar413.3
60.Thailand412.7
61.Colombia405.3
62.Kazakhstan402.3
Azerbaijan402.3
64.Bosnia and Herzegovina402.3
65.Peru401.7
66.Brazil400.3
67.North Macedonia400.0
68.Argentina395.0
69.Georgia387.0
70.Saudi Arabia386.0
71.Indonesia382.0
72.Lebanon376.7
73.Morocco368.0
74.Panama365.0
75.Kosovo361.3
76.Philippines350.0
77.Dominican Republic334.3

PISA 2018 Mathematics Results by Country:

1.China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)591
2.Singapore569
3.Macao558
4.Hong Kong, China551
5.Taiwan531
6.Japan527
7.South Korea526
8.Estonia523
9.Netherlands519
10.Poland516
11. Switzerland515
12.Canada512
13.Denmark509
Slovenia509
15.Belgium508
16.Finland507
17.Sweden502
United Kingdom502
19.Norway501
20.Germany500
Ireland500
22.Austria499
Czechia499
24.Latvia496
25.France495
Iceland495
27.New Zealand494
28.Portugal492
29.Australia491
30.Russia488
31.Italy487
32.Slovakia486
33.Luxembourg483
34.Hungary481
Lithuania481
Spain481
37.United States478
38.Malta472
Belarus472
40.Croatia464
41.Israel463
42.Turkey454
43.Ukraine453
44.Cyprus451
Greece451
46.Serbia448
47.Malaysia440
48.Albania437
49.Bulgaria436
50.United Arab Emirates435
51.Brunei430
Romania430
Montenegro 430
54.Kazakhstan423
55.Moldova421
56.Azerbaijan420
57.Thailand419
58.Uruguay418
59.Chile417
60.Qatar414
61.Mexico409
62.Bosnia and Herzegovina406
63.Costa Rica402
64.Jordan400
Peru400
66.Georgia398
67.North Macedonia394
68.Lebanon393
69.Colombia391
70.Brazil384
71.Argentina379
Indonesia379
73.Saudi Arabia373
74.Morocco368
75.Kosovo366
76.Panama353
Philippines353
78Dominican Republic325

PISA 2018 Science Results by Country:

1.China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)590
2.Singapore551
3.Macao544
4.Estonia530
5.Japan529
6.Finland522
7.South Korea519
8.Canada518
9.Hong Kong, China517
10.Taiwan516
11.Poland511
12.New Zealand508
13.Slovenia507
14.United Kingdom505
15.Australia503
Germany503
Netherlands503
18.United States502
19.Belgium499
Sweden499
21.Czechia497
22.Ireland496
23. Switzerland495
24.Denmark493
France493
26.Portugal492
27.Austria490
Norway490
29.Latvia487
30.Spain483
31.Lithuania482
32.Hungary481
33.Russia478
34.Luxembourg477
35.Iceland475
36.Croatia472
37.Belarus471
38.Ukraine469
39.Italy468
Turkey468
41.Slovakia464
42.Israel462
43.Malta457
44.Greece452
45.Chile444
46.Serbia440
47.Cyprus439
48.Malaysia438
49.United Arab Emirates434
50.Brunei431
51.Jordan429
52.Moldova428
53.Romania426
54.Thailand426
Uruguay426
56.Bulgaria424
57.Mexico419
Qatar419
59.Albania417
60.Costa Rica416
61.Montenegro415
62.Colombia413
North Macedonia413
64.Argentina404
Brazil404
Peru404
67.Azerbaijan398
Bosnia and Herzegovina398
69.Kazakhstan397
70.Indonesia396
71.Saudi Arabia386
72.Lebanon384
73.Georgia383
74.Morocco377
75.Kosovo365
Panama365
77.Philippines357
78.Dominican Republic336

PISA 2018 Reading Results by Country:

1.China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)555
2.Singapore549
3.Macao525
4.Hong Kong, China524
5.Estonia523
6.Canada520
7.Finland520
8.Ireland518
9.South Korea514
10.Poland512
11.New Zealand506
Sweden506
13.United States505
14.Japan504
United Kingdom504
16.Australia503
Taiwan503
18.Denmark501
19.Norway499
20.Germany498
21.Slovenia495
22.Belgium493
France493
24.Portugal492
25.Czechia490
26.Netherlands485
27. Switzerland484
Austria484
29.Croatia479
Latvia479
Russia479
32.Hungary476
Italy476
Lithuania476
35.Iceland474
Belarus474
37.Israel470
Luxembourg470
39.Turkey466
Ukraine466
41.Slovakia458
42.Greece457
43.Chile452
44.Malta448
45.Serbia439
46.United Arab Emirates432
47.Romania428
48.Uruguay427
49.Costa Rica426
50.Cyprus424
Moldova424
52.Montenegro421
53.Bulgaria420
Mexico420
55.Jordan419
56.Malaysia415
57.Brazil413
58.Colombia412
59.Brunei408
60.Qatar407
61.Albania405
62.Bosnia and Herzegovina403
63.Argentina402
64.Peru401
65.Saudi Arabia399
66.North Macedonia 393
Thailand393
68.Azerbaijan389
69.Kazakhstan387
70.Georgia380
71.Panama377
72.Indonesia371
73.Morocco359
74.Kosovo353
Lebanon353
76.Dominican Republic342
77.Philippines340

*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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