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social2022

PISA reading scores for all students

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•87 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
435.0score
Median: 438.4score
Countries Covered
87
with available data
Highest
Singapore
542.6score
Lowest
Cambodia
328.8score
Top 5 Countries
1Singapore542.6score
2Ireland516.0score
3Japan515.9score
4South Korea515.4score
5Taiwan, Province of China515.2score
By Region
Oceania499.5score(2 countries)
Europe467.7score(32 countries)
North America450.1score(4 countries)
Asia429.3score(17 countries)
South America417.7score(6 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (328.8score)High (542.6score)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 435.0score)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Asia (17)
South America (6)
Other (24)
Africa (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Singapore542.6score
2Ireland516.0score
3Japan515.9score
4South Korea515.4score
5Taiwan, Province of China515.2score
6Estonia511.0score
7Macao510.4score
8Canada507.1score
9United States of America503.9score
10New Zealand500.9score
11Hong Kong499.7score
12Australia498.1score
13United Kingdom494.4score
14Finland490.2score
15Denmark488.8score
16Poland488.7score
17Czech Republic488.6score
18Sweden487.0score
19Switzerland483.3score
20Italy481.6score
21Austria480.4score
22Germany479.8score
23Belgium478.9score
24Russian Federation478.5score
25Portugal476.6score
26Norway476.5score
27Croatia475.5score
28Latvia474.6score
29Spain474.3score
30France473.9score
31Israel473.8score
32Belarus473.8score
33Hungary473.0score
34Lithuania471.8score
35Luxembourg470.0score
36Slovenia468.5score
37Vietnam461.9score
38Netherlands459.2score
39Türkiye456.1score
40Chile448.0score
41Slovakia446.9score
42Malta445.3score
43Serbia440.4score
44Greece438.4score
45Iceland435.9score
46Uruguay430.4score
47Brunei Darussalam429.2score
48Romania428.5score
49Ukraine427.5score
50Trinidad and Tobago427.3score
51Qatar419.3score
52United Arab Emirates417.3score
53Mexico415.4score
54Costa Rica415.2score
55Moldova, Republic of410.9score
56Brazil410.4score
57Jamaica409.6score
58Colombia408.7score
59Peru408.2score
60Montenegro405.0score
61Bulgaria404.3score
62Bosnia and Herzegovina403.0score
63Argentina400.7score
64Panama392.0score
65Malaysia388.1score
66Kazakhstan386.3score
67Saudi Arabia382.6score
68Cyprus381.1score
69Thailand378.7score
70Mongolia378.4score
71Guatemala374.1score
72Georgia373.9score
73Paraguay373.2score
74El Salvador364.9score
75Tunisia361.1score
76Indonesia358.6score
77The Republic of North Macedonia358.5score
78Albania358.4score
79Lebanon353.4score
80Dominican Republic351.3score
81Algeria349.9score
82State of Palestine349.2score
83Philippines346.5score
84Jordan342.2score
85Morocco339.4score
86Uzbekistan335.5score
87Cambodia328.8score
Showing 87 of 87 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).

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