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Normalized harmonized test scores among all students

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data173 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7index
Median: 0.7index
Countries Covered
173
with available data
Highest
Singapore
1.0index
Lowest
Niger
0.5index
Top 5 Countries
1Singapore1.0index
2Macao1.0index
3Hong Kong0.9index
4Estonia0.9index
5Japan0.9index
By Region
Oceania0.9index(2 countries)
Europe0.9index(32 countries)
North America0.8index(4 countries)
Asia0.7index(26 countries)
South America0.7index(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.5index)High (1.0index)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7index)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Other (93)
Africa (9)

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 2020; 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
1Singapore1.0index
2Macao1.0index
3Hong Kong0.9index
4Estonia0.9index
5Japan0.9index
6South Korea0.9index
7Canada0.9index
8Finland0.9index
9Poland0.9index
10Ireland0.9index
11Slovenia0.9index
12United Kingdom0.9index
13New Zealand0.9index
14Netherlands0.9index
15Sweden0.9index
16Vietnam0.9index
17Denmark0.9index
18Germany0.9index
19Belgium0.9index
20Australia0.9index
21Switzerland0.9index
22Norway0.9index
23Czech Republic0.9index
24United States of America0.9index
25France0.9index
26Portugal0.9index
27Austria0.9index
28Spain0.9index
29Latvia0.9index
30Cyprus0.9index
31Iceland0.9index
32Russian Federation0.9index
33Lithuania0.8index
34Hungary0.8index
35Italy0.8index
36Luxembourg0.8index
37Belarus0.8index
38Croatia0.8index
39Slovakia0.8index
40Israel0.8index
41Ukraine0.8index
42Türkiye0.8index
43Malta0.8index
44Uzbekistan0.8index
45Mauritius0.8index
46Greece0.8index
47Seychelles0.8index
48Palau0.8index
49Trinidad and Tobago0.8index
50Serbia0.8index
51Gabon0.8index
52Kenya0.8index
53Chile0.8index
54Cambodia0.8index
55Bahrain0.8index
56United Arab Emirates0.8index
57Malaysia0.8index
58Armenia0.8index
59Romania0.8index
60Bulgaria0.8index
61People's Republic of China0.8index
62Eswatini0.8index
63Moldova, Republic of0.7index
64Uruguay0.7index
65Brunei Darussalam0.7index
66Montenegro0.7index
67El Salvador0.7index
68Mongolia0.7index
69Albania0.7index
70Islamic Republic of Iran0.7index
71Mexico0.7index
72Jordan0.7index
73Costa Rica0.7index
74Qatar0.7index
75Thailand0.7index
76Myanmar0.7index
77Oman0.7index
78Burundi0.7index
79Ecuador0.7index
80Kyrgyzstan0.7index
81Colombia0.7index
82Saint Lucia0.7index
83Kazakhstan0.7index
84Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7index
85Azerbaijan0.7index
86Peru0.7index
87The Republic of North Macedonia0.7index
88Brazil0.7index
89Senegal0.7index
90State of Palestine0.7index
91Kiribati0.7index
92Saint Kitts and Nevis0.7index
93Guinea0.7index
94Argentina0.7index
95Antigua and Barbuda0.7index
96Namibia0.7index
97Guatemala0.7index
98Dominica0.7index
99Burkina Faso0.7index
100Sri Lanka0.7index
101Georgia0.7index
102Honduras0.7index
103India0.7index
104Saudi Arabia0.7index
105Uganda0.7index
106Zimbabwe0.7index
107Indonesia0.7index
108Grenada0.7index
109Lesotho0.7index
110Comoros0.7index
111Nicaragua0.7index
112Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.7index
113Botswana0.7index
114Tajikistan0.7index
115Lebanon0.7index
116United Republic of Tanzania0.7index
117Jamaica0.7index
118Bhutan0.7index
119Tonga0.7index
120Paraguay0.7index
121Tunisia0.7index
122Benin0.7index
123Togo0.7index
124Kuwait0.7index
125Fiji0.7index
126Morocco0.7index
127Micronesia, Federated States of0.6index
128Sudan0.6index
129Cameroon0.6index
130Panama0.6index
131Marshall Islands0.6index
132Algeria0.6index
133Cote d'Ivoire0.6index
134Timor-Leste0.6index
135Republic of the Congo0.6index
136Samoa0.6index
137Central African Republic0.6index
138Nepal0.6index
139Bangladesh0.6index
140Mozambique0.6index
141Lao People's Democratic Republic0.6index
142Iraq0.6index
143Papua New Guinea0.6index
144Philippines0.6index
145Malawi0.6index
146Zambia0.6index
147Rwanda0.6index
148Egypt0.6index
149Afghanistan0.6index
150Republic of The Gambia0.6index
151Madagascar0.6index
152Solomon Islands0.6index
153Ethiopia0.6index
154Vanuatu0.6index
155Nauru0.6index
156Tuvalu0.6index
157Guyana0.6index
158Dominican Republic0.6index
159South Africa0.6index
160Mauritania0.6index
161Pakistan0.6index
162Haiti0.6index
163South Sudan0.6index
164Chad0.6index
165Liberia0.6index
166Angola0.6index
167Yemen0.5index
168Sierra Leone0.5index
169Democratic Republic of the Congo0.5index
170Nigeria0.5index
171Mali0.5index
172Ghana0.5index
173Niger0.5index
Showing 173 of 173 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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