Rankings · education

Countries by harmonized test scores

Student achievement from international tests (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS, regional tests) on one scale, where 625 is advanced and 300 minimum attainment (World Bank). 174 countries ranked for 2020 (score).

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1Singapore575 score

2Macao S.A.R561 score

3Hong Kong S.A.R.549 score

		Value
1	Singapore	575 score	+2.3%	▲ 2
2	Macao S.A.R	561 score	+6.9%	▲ 13
3	Hong Kong S.A.R.	549 score	-2.7%	▼ 2
4	Estonia	543 score	+2.3%	▲ 8
5	Japan	538 score	-1.6%	=
6	South Korea	537 score	-3.9%	▼ 2
7	Canada	534 score	-1.8%	▼ 1
8	Finland	534 score	-5.0%	▼ 6
9	Poland	530 score	+2.3%	▲ 8
10	Ireland	521 score	+1.4%	▲ 13
11	Slovenia	521 score	+1.0%	▲ 10
12	United Kingdom	520 score	+0.6%	▲ 6
13	Netherlands	520 score	-3.0%	▼ 4
14	New Zealand	520 score	-4.1%	▼ 7
15	Sweden	519 score	+1.4%	▲ 11
16	Vietnam	519 score	-2.6%	▼ 5
17	Denmark	518 score	+0.4%	▲ 3
18	Belgium	517 score	-1.7%	▼ 4
19	Germany	517 score	-2.1%	▼ 6
20	Australia	516 score	-3.7%	▼ 12
21	Switzerland	515 score	-3.7%	▼ 11
22	Norway	514 score	-0.6%	▼ 3
23	Czechia	512 score	+1.0%	▲ 4
24	United States	512 score	-0.2%	=
25	France	510 score	-0.8%	▼ 3
26	Portugal	509 score	+0.6%	▲ 2
27	Austria	508 score	+1.0%	▲ 3
28	Spain	507 score	+1.2%	▲ 5
29	Latvia	504 score	+0.2%	▲ 2
30	Cyprus	502 score	+9.4%	▲ 14
31	Iceland	498 score	-3.9%	▼ 15
32	Russia	498 score	+2.9%	▲ 7
33	Lithuania	496 score	+0.2%	▲ 2
34	Hungary	495 score	-3.3%	▼ 9
35	Italy	493 score	-1.8%	▼ 3
36	Luxembourg	493 score	-1.0%	▼ 2
37	Belarus	488 score	–	–
38	Croatia	488 score	-0.4%	▼ 2
39	Slovakia	485 score	-4.0%	▼ 10
40	Israel	481 score	+1.5%	=
41	Turkey	478 score	+1.7%	▲ 1
42	Ukraine	478 score	-2.4%	▼ 5
43	Malta	474 score	+0.6%	▼ 2
44	Uzbekistan	474 score	–	–
45	Mauritius	473 score	+3.1%	=
46	Greece	469 score	-4.1%	▼ 8
47	Palau	463 score	–	–
48	Seychelles	463 score	+7.2%	▲ 12
49	Trinidad and Tobago	458 score	+2.0%	▲ 1
50	Republic of Serbia	457 score	+0.0%	▼ 4
51	Gabon	456 score	–	–
52	Kenya	455 score	+7.8%	▲ 12
53	Bahrain	452 score	+3.4%	▲ 3
54	Chile	452 score	-0.4%	▼ 7
55	Cambodia	452 score	–	–
56	United Arab Emirates	448 score	+0.7%	▼ 4
57	Malaysia	446 score	+4.4%	▲ 5
58	Armenia	443 score	–	–
59	Romania	442 score	+0.2%	▼ 5
60	Bulgaria	441 score	-1.3%	▼ 9
61	China	441 score	–	–
62	Eswatini	440 score	+5.3%	▲ 3
63	Moldova	439 score	+6.3%	▲ 9
64	Brunei	438 score	–	–
65	Uruguay	438 score	-0.7%	▼ 10
66	Montenegro	436 score	+4.6%	▲ 1
67	El Salvador	436 score	–	–
68	Mongolia	435 score	–	–
69	Albania	434 score	+9.3%	▲ 15
70	Iran	432 score	-4.0%	▼ 21
71	Jordan	430 score	+3.4%	▼ 3
72	Mexico	430 score	-0.9%	▼ 13
73	Costa Rica	429 score	-2.9%	▼ 20
74	Qatar	427 score	+10.6%	▲ 16
75	Thailand	427 score	-2.1%	▼ 18
76	Myanmar	425 score	–	–
77	Oman	424 score	+9.0%	▲ 10
78	Burundi	423 score	-0.5%	▼ 15
79	Ecuador	420 score	+12.6%	▲ 20
80	Kyrgyzstan	420 score	–	–
81	Colombia	419 score	+1.7%	▼ 8
82	Saint Lucia	418 score	–	–
83	Azerbaijan	416 score	+3.5%	▼ 4
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	416 score	-9.8%	▼ 41
85	Kazakhstan	416 score	+1.0%	▼ 11
86	Peru	415 score	+9.2%	▲ 9
87	North Macedonia	414 score	-0.7%	▼ 21
88	Brazil	413 score	-0.2%	▼ 17
89	Palestine	412 score	–	–
90	Senegal	412 score	-0.7%	▼ 20
91	Kiribati	411 score	–	–
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis	409 score	–	–
93	Argentina	408 score	-0.2%	▼ 18
94	Guinea	408 score	–	–
95	Antigua and Barbuda	407 score	–	–
96	Namibia	407 score	+9.7%	▲ 4
97	Guatemala	405 score	+9.8%	▲ 4
98	Burkina Faso	404 score	+0.5%	▼ 18
99	Dominica	404 score	–	–
100	Georgia	400 score	+3.1%	▼ 12
101	Honduras	400 score	–	–
102	Sri Lanka	400 score	–	–
103	India	399 score	–	–
104	Saudi Arabia	399 score	-3.9%	▼ 35
105	Uganda	397 score	+7.6%	▼ 3
106	Zimbabwe	396 score	+0.5%	▼ 20
107	Grenada	395 score	–	–
108	Indonesia	395 score	-0.8%	▼ 25
109	Lesotho	393 score	+8.6%	▼ 5
110	Comoros	392 score	–	–
111	Nicaragua	392 score	–	–
112	Botswana	391 score	-4.2%	▼ 36
113	Tajikistan	391 score	–	–
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	391 score	–	–
115	Lebanon	390 score	-8.9%	▼ 54
116	United Republic of Tanzania	388 score	–	–
117	Bhutan	387 score	–	–
118	Jamaica	387 score	–	–
119	Paraguay	386 score	-0.3%	▼ 30
120	Tonga	386 score	–	–
121	Benin	384 score	+1.9%	▼ 25
122	Togo	384 score	+0.0%	▼ 31
123	Tunisia	384 score	-5.2%	▼ 46
124	Fiji	383 score	–	–
125	Kuwait	383 score	+0.3%	▼ 33
126	Federated States of Micronesia	380 score	–	–
127	Morocco	380 score	+1.6%	▼ 29
128	Sudan	380 score	–	–
129	Cameroon	379 score	-16.0%	▼ 81
130	Panama	377 score	-1.0%	▼ 37
131	Marshall Islands	375 score	–	–
132	Algeria	374 score	-5.8%	▼ 47
133	Kosovo	374 score	–	–
134	Ivory Coast	373 score	-1.1%	▼ 37
135	Republic of the Congo	371 score	-6.8%	▼ 53
136	Timor-Leste	371 score	+1.4%	▼ 33
137	Samoa	370 score	–	–
138	Central African Republic	369 score	–	–
139	Nepal	369 score	–	–
140	Bangladesh	368 score	–	–
141	Laos	368 score	–	–
142	Mozambique	368 score	–	–
143	Iraq	363 score	–	–
144	Papua New Guinea	363 score	–	–
145	Philippines	362 score	–	–
146	Malawi	359 score	+6.2%	▼ 40
147	Rwanda	358 score	–	–
148	Zambia	358 score	+7.2%	▼ 41
149	Egypt	356 score	-10.8%	▼ 68
150	Afghanistan	355 score	–	–
151	Gambia	353 score	+4.4%	▼ 46
152	Madagascar	351 score	-19.1%	▼ 94
153	Solomon Islands	351 score	–	–
154	Ethiopia	348 score	–	–
155	Vanuatu	348 score	–	–
156	Nauru	347 score	–	–
157	Guyana	346 score	–	–
158	Tuvalu	346 score	–	–
159	Dominican Republic	345 score	–	–
160	South Africa	343 score	-10.0%	▼ 66
161	Mauritania	342 score	–	–
162	Pakistan	339 score	–	–
163	Haiti	338 score	–	–
164	South Sudan	336 score	–	–
165	Chad	333 score	-17.4%	▼ 87
166	Liberia	332 score	–	–
167	Angola	326 score	–	–
168	Yemen	321 score	–	–
169	Sierra Leone	316 score	–	–
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	310 score	–	–
171	Nigeria	309 score	–	–
172	Ghana	307 score	–	–
173	Mali	307 score	–	–
174	Niger	305 score	–	–

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