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PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale by country

Average score of 15-year-old students on the PISA reading scale. The metric for the overall reading scale is based on a mean for participating OECD countries set at 500, with a standard deviation of 100. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
525.12
Macao
Lowest
361.06
Tunisia
Median
478.7
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
354

What the numbers show

PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 525.12 in Macao; the lowest is 361.06 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 478.7, and the mean is 467.12.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 9.5%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 7.7%).

PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 525.12 2018 up 7.9% rising
2 Hong Kong 524.28 2018 down 1.7% flat
3 Estonia 523.02 2018 up 4.4% flat
4 Canada 520.09 2018 down 0.8% flat
5 Finland 520.08 2018 down 2.9% falling
8 South Korea 514.05 2018 down 4.7% flat
9 Poland 511.86 2018 up 2.3% rising
10 Sweden 505.79 2018 up 1.7% flat
11 New Zealand 505.73 2018 down 2.9% flat
12 United States 505.35 2018 up 1.1% flat
13 United Kingdom 503.93 2018 up 2.0% flat
14 Japan 503.86 2018 down 3.1% flat
15 Australia 502.63 2018 down 2.4% falling
16 Denmark 501.13 2018 up 1.3% flat
17 Norway 499.45 2018 down 0.8% flat
18 Germany 498.28 2018 up 0.2% flat
19 Spain 495.58 2015 up 7.5% flat
20 Slovenia 495.35 2018 up 2.5% flat
21 Belgium 492.86 2018 down 2.6% flat
22 France 492.61 2018 down 0.6% flat
23 Portugal 491.8 2018 up 0.5% rising
24 Czechia 490.22 2018 up 2.5% flat
25 Netherlands 484.78 2018 down 4.6% flat
26 Austria 484.39 2018 up 3.0% flat
27 Switzerland 483.93 2018 down 3.3% flat
28 Croatia 478.99 2018 up 0.7% flat
29 Latvia 478.7 2018 down 1.1% flat
30 Russia 478.5 2018 up 4.2% rising
31 Italy 476.29 2018 down 2.0% flat
32 Hungary 475.99 2018 down 3.7% flat
33 Lithuania 475.87 2018 up 1.6% flat
34 Iceland 473.97 2018 down 5.3% falling
35 Israel 470.42 2018 down 0.8% rising
37 Turkey 465.63 2018 up 0.3% flat
38 Slovakia 457.98 2018 down 4.1% flat
39 Greece 457.41 2018 down 5.3% flat
40 Chile 452.27 2018 up 0.6% rising
41 Serbia 439.47 2018 down 0.6% rising
42 Romania 427.7 2018 up 0.8% flat
43 Uruguay 427.12 2018 up 0.3% flat
44 Montenegro 421.06 2018 up 3.3% rising
45 Mexico 420.47 2018 down 1.1% flat
46 Bulgaria 419.84 2018 down 2.2% flat
47 Jordan 419.06 2018 up 3.5% flat
48 Brazil 412.87 2018 up 0.3% flat
49 Colombia 412.3 2018 down 0.2% rising
50 Qatar 407.09 2018 up 9.5% rising
51 Albania 405.43 2018 up 5.4% rising
52 Argentina 401.5 2018 up 0.8% flat
53 Peru 400.51 2018 up 8.3% rising
54 Thailand 392.89 2018 down 6.8% falling
55 Indonesia 370.96 2018 down 7.7% flat
56 Tunisia 361.06 2015 down 5.1% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 354 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

Average score of 15-year-old students on the PISA reading scale. The metric for the overall reading scale is based on a mean for participating OECD countries set at 500, with a standard deviation of 100. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/