PISA science scores - Country rankings
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PISA science scores, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 78 countries was 449.005 index points. The highest value was in Singapore: 561.433 index points and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 347.104 index points. The indicator is available from 2006 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: index points; Source: PISA/OECD
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Countries | PISA science scores, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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Singapore | 561.433 | 1 | 2009 - 2022 |
Japan | 546.634 | 2 | 2006 - 2022 |
Macao | 543.096 | 3 | 2006 - 2022 |
Taiwan | 537.38 | 4 | 2006 - 2022 |
South Korea | 527.822 | 5 | 2006 - 2022 |
Estonia | 525.812 | 6 | 2006 - 2022 |
Hong Kong | 520.419 | 7 | 2006 - 2022 |
Canada | 515.017 | 8 | 2006 - 2022 |
Finland | 510.959 | 9 | 2006 - 2022 |
Australia | 507.001 | 10 | 2006 - 2022 |
New Zealand | 504.129 | 11 | 2006 - 2022 |
Ireland | 503.846 | 12 | 2006 - 2022 |
Switzerland | 502.523 | 13 | 2006 - 2022 |
Slovenia | 499.965 | 14 | 2006 - 2022 |
UK | 499.67 | 15 | 2006 - 2022 |
USA | 499.414 | 16 | 2006 - 2022 |
Poland | 499.164 | 17 | 2006 - 2022 |
Czechia | 497.742 | 18 | 2006 - 2022 |
Latvia | 493.843 | 19 | 2006 - 2022 |
Denmark | 493.816 | 20 | 2006 - 2022 |
Sweden | 493.549 | 21 | 2006 - 2022 |
Germany | 492.427 | 22 | 2006 - 2022 |
Austria | 491.271 | 23 | 2006 - 2022 |
Belgium | 490.578 | 24 | 2006 - 2022 |
Netherlands | 488.317 | 25 | 2006 - 2022 |
France | 487.225 | 26 | 2006 - 2022 |
Hungary | 485.89 | 27 | 2006 - 2022 |
Spain | 484.534 | 28 | 2006 - 2022 |
Lithuania | 484.463 | 29 | 2006 - 2022 |
Portugal | 484.373 | 30 | 2006 - 2022 |
Croatia | 482.667 | 31 | 2006 - 2022 |
Norway | 478.226 | 32 | 2006 - 2022 |
Italy | 477.463 | 33 | 2006 - 2022 |
Turkey | 475.938 | 34 | 2006 - 2022 |
Vietnam | 472.381 | 35 | 2012 - 2022 |
Malta | 465.589 | 36 | 2015 - 2022 |
Israel | 464.752 | 37 | 2006 - 2022 |
Slovakia | 462.269 | 38 | 2006 - 2022 |
Serbia | 447.461 | 39 | 2018 - 2022 |
Iceland | 446.967 | 40 | 2006 - 2022 |
Brunei | 445.855 | 41 | 2018 - 2022 |
Chile | 443.543 | 42 | 2006 - 2022 |
Greece | 440.786 | 43 | 2006 - 2022 |
Uruguay | 435.385 | 44 | 2006 - 2022 |
Qatar | 432.403 | 45 | 2006 - 2022 |
UA Emirates | 431.979 | 46 | 2012 - 2022 |
Romania | 427.511 | 47 | 2006 - 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 423.166 | 48 | 2009 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 420.993 | 49 | 2006 - 2022 |
Moldova | 416.859 | 50 | 2015 - 2022 |
Malaysia | 416.306 | 51 | 2012 - 2022 |
Mongolia | 412.383 | 52 | 2022 - 2022 |
Colombia | 411.121 | 53 | 2006 - 2022 |
Costa Rica | 410.987 | 54 | 2012 - 2022 |
Cyprus | 410.903 | 55 | 2012 - 2022 |
Mexico | 409.887 | 56 | 2006 - 2022 |
Thailand | 409.264 | 57 | 2006 - 2022 |
Peru | 407.778 | 58 | 2009 - 2022 |
Argentina | 406.191 | 59 | 2006 - 2022 |
Montenegro | 403.13 | 60 | 2006 - 2022 |
Brazil | 403.001 | 61 | 2006 - 2022 |
Jamaica | 402.934 | 62 | 2022 - 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 390.388 | 63 | 2018 - 2022 |
Panama | 387.768 | 64 | 2018 - 2022 |
Georgia | 384.067 | 65 | 2015 - 2022 |
Indonesia | 382.863 | 66 | 2006 - 2022 |
Azerbaijan | 380.144 | 67 | 2018 - 2022 |
North Macedonia | 379.875 | 68 | 2015 - 2022 |
Albania | 375.968 | 69 | 2009 - 2022 |
Jordan | 374.527 | 70 | 2006 - 2022 |
El Salvador | 373.141 | 71 | 2022 - 2022 |
Guatemala | 372.963 | 72 | 2022 - 2022 |
Paraguay | 368.328 | 73 | 2022 - 2022 |
Morocco | 365.398 | 74 | 2018 - 2022 |
Domin. Rep. | 360.426 | 75 | 2015 - 2022 |
Philippines | 356.167 | 76 | 2018 - 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 354.864 | 77 | 2022 - 2022 |
Cambodia | 347.104 | 78 | 2022 - 2022 |
Definition: Measure of the 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on science from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) run by the OECD.
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