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Pupil performance
Standardized test performance (PISA countries, NAEP states, linked scale). PISA scores only — no US state figures yet, so this measure doesn't appear in state comparisons.
Not to be confused with Adult literacy. Adult literacy tests adults aged 16-65 (PIAAC); this tests 15-year-olds in school (PISA).
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 77 countries · OECD PISA · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
77 · OECD PISA- 1stSingapore575
- 2ndTaiwan547
- 3rdJapan536
- 4thSouth Korea527
- 5thEstonia510
- 6thSwitzerland508
- 7thCanada497
- 8thNetherlands493
- 9thIreland492
- 10thBelgium490
- 11thDenmark489
- 12thPoland489
- 12thUnited Kingdom489
- 14thAustria487
- 15thAustralia487
- 16thCzechia487
- 17thSlovenia485
- 18thFinland484
- 19thLatvia483
- 20thSweden482
- 21stNew Zealand479
- 22ndLithuania475
- 23rdGermany475
- 24thFrance474
- 25thSpain473
- 26thHungary473
- 27thPortugal472
- 28thItaly471
- 29thVietnam469
- 30thNorway468
- 31stMalta466
- 32ndUnited States465
- 33rdSlovakia464
- 34thCroatia463
- 35thIceland459
- 36thIsrael458
- 37thTürkiye453
- 38thBrunei442
- 39thUkraine441
- 40thSerbia440
- 41stUnited Arab Emirates431
- 42ndGreece430
- 43rdRomania428
- 44thKazakhstan425
- 45thMongolia425
- 46thCyprus418
- 47thBulgaria417
- 48thMoldova414
- 49thQatar414
- 50thChile412
- 51stMalaysia409
- 51stUruguay409
- 53rdMontenegro406
- 54thMexico395
- 55thThailand394
- 56thPeru391
- 57thGeorgia390
- 58thSaudi Arabia389
- 59thNorth Macedonia389
- 60thCosta Rica385
- 61stColombia383
- 62ndBrazil379
- 63rdArgentina378
- 64thJamaica377
- 65thAlbania368
- 66thIndonesia366
- 67thMorocco365
- 68thUzbekistan364
- 69thJordan361
- 70thPanama357
- 71stKosovo355
- 72ndPhilippines355
- 73rdGuatemala344
- 74thEl Salvador344
- 75thDominican Republic339
- 76thParaguay338
- 77thCambodia336
77 countries ranked.
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More on education
- Years in educationExpected years of schooling for a child entering school today.
- Adult literacyHow well working-age adults read and use written information.
- Adult numeracyHow well working-age adults handle numbers and mathematical ideas.
- Adults with weak literacyShare of adults at PIAAC literacy Level 1 or below — they can read short, simple texts but little more.
- Adults with weak numeracyShare of adults at PIAAC numeracy Level 1 or below — they manage single-step arithmetic but little more.
- Nobel laureatesNobel laureates by place of birth, per million current residents.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
Singapore leads on pupil performance — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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