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PISA reading scores for girls

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 Data87 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
448.3score
Median: 452.4score
Countries Covered
87
with available data
Highest
Singapore
552.6score
Lowest
Cambodia
338.1score
Top 5 Countries
1Singapore552.6score
2South Korea533.3score
3Taiwan, Province of China529.1score
4Ireland525.4score
5Estonia524.8score
By Region
Oceania511.3score(2 countries)
Europe482.0score(32 countries)
North America458.0score(4 countries)
Asia443.8score(17 countries)
South America423.8score(6 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (338.1score)High (552.6score)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 448.3score)

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
1Singapore552.6score
2South Korea533.3score
3Taiwan, Province of China529.1score
4Ireland525.4score
5Estonia524.8score
6Japan524.1score
7Canada519.5score
8Macao517.8score
9United States of America514.6score
10New Zealand513.9score
11Finland513.0score
12Hong Kong511.9score
13Australia508.7score
14Sweden505.6score
15Czech Republic503.4score
16Poland503.2score
17United Kingdom502.8score
18Denmark499.4score
19Norway498.0score
20Switzerland495.4score
21Croatia493.0score
22Belgium492.4score
23Russian Federation491.0score
24Italy491.0score
25Slovenia491.0score
26Austria490.8score
27Germany489.7score
28Latvia488.2score
29Portugal487.2score
30Lithuania487.1score
31Spain487.1score
32Belarus485.6score
33Israel485.5score
34Luxembourg484.8score
35France483.8score
36Hungary481.5score
37Netherlands472.5score
38Vietnam470.6score
39Türkiye468.5score
40Malta465.3score
41Slovakia462.5score
42Iceland454.0score
43Serbia453.5score
44Trinidad and Tobago452.4score
45Chile451.4score
46Greece451.3score
47Brunei Darussalam446.5score
48Romania441.7score
49United Arab Emirates440.2score
50Qatar439.6score
51Ukraine439.1score
52Uruguay438.1score
53Moldova, Republic of426.9score
54Jamaica425.8score
55Montenegro423.3score
56Bulgaria422.1score
57Mexico419.0score
58Brazil419.0score
59Bosnia and Herzegovina418.2score
60Costa Rica416.6score
61Colombia414.3score
62Peru412.3score
63Cyprus408.7score
64Argentina407.9score
65Malaysia403.6score
66Panama401.5score
67Kazakhstan400.3score
68Saudi Arabia398.5score
69Georgia391.8score
70Thailand391.5score
71Mongolia390.9score
72Paraguay382.3score
73Albania379.2score
74Guatemala378.8score
75Tunisia372.7score
76The Republic of North Macedonia372.0score
77El Salvador371.4score
78State of Palestine371.1score
79Indonesia369.7score
80Dominican Republic367.2score
81Lebanon366.3score
82Algeria366.2score
83Jordan364.4score
84Philippines363.6score
85Morocco350.4score
86Uzbekistan346.5score
87Cambodia338.1score
Showing 87 of 87 countries

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Data Source

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

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