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PISA: Mean performance on the science scale by country

Average score of 15-year-old students on the PISA science scale. In PISA 2006 the mean science score for OECD countries was initially set at 500 points (for 30 OECD countries), then was re-set at 498 points after taking into account new OECD countries. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
543.59
Macao
Lowest
386.4
Tunisia
Median
482.07
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
356

What the numbers show

PISA: Mean performance on the science scale is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 543.59 in Macao; the lowest is 386.4 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 482.07, and the mean is 470.45.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 10.5%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 5.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 543.59 2018 up 6.4% flat
2 Estonia 530.11 2018 up 0.4% flat
3 Japan 529.13 2018 down 1.9% flat
5 Finland 521.88 2018 down 5.8% flat
6 South Korea 519.01 2018 down 3.5% falling
7 Canada 518 2018 down 2.0% flat
8 Hong Kong 516.69 2018 down 5.9% flat
9 Poland 511.04 2018 up 0.6% rising
10 New Zealand 508.49 2018 down 4.4% flat
11 Slovenia 507.01 2018 down 0.9% flat
12 United Kingdom 504.67 2018 down 1.8% flat
13 Netherlands 503.38 2018 down 3.6% flat
14 Germany 502.99 2018 down 3.3% flat
15 Australia 502.96 2018 down 4.6% flat
16 United States 502.38 2018 up 0.1% flat
17 Sweden 499.44 2018 up 0.9% flat
18 Belgium 498.77 2018 down 1.5% flat
19 Czechia 496.79 2018 down 0.7% flat
21 Switzerland 495.28 2018 down 4.1% flat
22 France 492.98 2018 down 1.1% flat
23 Denmark 492.64 2018 down 1.3% flat
24 Portugal 491.68 2018 down 0.3% rising
25 Norway 490.41 2018 down 1.9% flat
26 Austria 489.78 2018 down 0.9% flat
27 Latvia 487.25 2018 down 1.3% flat
28 Spain 483.25 2018 down 1.0% flat
29 Lithuania 482.07 2018 down 1.9% flat
30 Hungary 480.91 2018 down 4.3% flat
31 Russia 477.72 2018 down 0.1% flat
33 Iceland 475.02 2018 down 4.2% falling
34 Croatia 472.36 2018 down 2.9% flat
35 Turkey 468.3 2018 up 3.2% rising
36 Italy 468.01 2018 down 4.3% flat
37 Slovakia 464.05 2018 down 5.3% falling
38 Israel 462.2 2018 up 1.6% rising
39 Greece 451.63 2018 down 3.9% flat
40 Chile 443.58 2018 down 0.9% rising
41 Serbia 439.87 2018 down 0.7% flat
42 Jordan 429.25 2018 up 3.3% flat
43 Thailand 425.81 2018 up 0.1% flat
44 Uruguay 425.81 2018 down 0.3% flat
45 Romania 425.76 2018 down 0.6% flat
46 Bulgaria 424.07 2018 down 3.5% flat
47 Mexico 419.2 2018 up 0.8% flat
48 Qatar 419.13 2018 up 10.5% rising
49 Albania 416.73 2018 up 6.7% rising
50 Montenegro 415.17 2018 up 3.5% flat
51 Colombia 413.32 2018 up 2.9% rising
52 Peru 404.22 2018 up 9.4% rising
53 Argentina 404.07 2018 up 0.8% rising
54 Brazil 403.62 2018 down 0.4% rising
55 Indonesia 396.07 2018 up 3.5% flat
56 Tunisia 386.4 2015 up 0.2% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Mean performance on the science scale
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 356 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

Average score of 15-year-old students on the PISA science scale. In PISA 2006 the mean science score for OECD countries was initially set at 500 points (for 30 OECD countries), then was re-set at 498 points after taking into account new OECD countries. 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/