Top performers in reading, maths and/or science — Cognitive and educational outcomes — Students at age 15
Compare top performers in reading, maths and/or science — cognitive and educational outcomes — students at age 15 across 44 countries or territories using one fixed 2018 OECD reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •44 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of students observation in the fixed 2018 slice.
- •South Korea has the highest published value (26.6 Percentage of students).
- •Indonesia has the lowest published value (0.6 Percentage of students).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.4Percentage of students)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Child well-being: Top performers in reading, maths and/or science — Cognitive and educational outcomes — Students at age 15. Unit: Percentage of students. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2018 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Child well-being: Top performers in reading, maths and/or science — Cognitive and educational outcomes — Students at age 15. Unit: Percentage of students. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 26.6Percentage of students |
| 2 | Canada | 24.1Percentage of students |
| 3 | Japan | 23.3Percentage of students |
| 4 | Estonia | 22.5Percentage of students |
| 5 | Netherlands | 21.8Percentage of students |
| 6 | Poland | 21.2Percentage of students |
| 7 | Finland | 21.0Percentage of students |
| 8 | New Zealand | 20.2Percentage of students |
| 9 | Switzerland | 19.8Percentage of students |
| 10 | Sweden | 19.4Percentage of students |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 19.4Percentage of students |
| 12 | Belgium | 19.4Percentage of students |
| 13 | Germany | 19.1Percentage of students |
| 14 | Australia | 18.9Percentage of students |
| 15 | Norway | 17.8Percentage of students |
| 16 | Slovenia | 17.3Percentage of students |
| 17 | United States of America | 17.1Percentage of students |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 16.6Percentage of students |
| 19 | France | 15.9Percentage of students |
| 20 | Denmark | 15.8Percentage of students |
| 21 | Austria | 15.7Percentage of students |
| 22 | Ireland | 15.4Percentage of students |
| 23 | Israel | 15.2Percentage of students |
| 24 | Portugal | 15.2Percentage of students |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 14.4Percentage of students |
| 26 | Iceland | 13.5Percentage of students |
| 27 | Slovakia | 12.8Percentage of students |
| 28 | Italy | 12.1Percentage of students |
| 29 | Hungary | 11.3Percentage of students |
| 30 | Latvia | 11.3Percentage of students |
| 31 | Lithuania | 11.1Percentage of students |
| 32 | Croatia | 8.5Percentage of students |
| 33 | Türkiye | 6.6Percentage of students |
| 34 | Greece | 6.2Percentage of students |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 5.5Percentage of students |
| 36 | Romania | 4.1Percentage of students |
| 37 | Chile | 3.5Percentage of students |
| 38 | Brazil | 2.5Percentage of students |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.5Percentage of students |
| 40 | Peru | 1.4Percentage of students |
| 41 | Argentina | 1.2Percentage of students |
| 42 | Mexico | 1.1Percentage of students |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.9Percentage of students |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0.6Percentage of students |
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Data Source
This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2018).
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