PISA science scores - Country rankings
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PISA science scores, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 36 countries was 470.071 index points. The highest value was in Estonia: 525.812 index points and the lowest value was in Albania: 375.968 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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Estonia | 525.812 | 1 | 2006 - 2022 |
Finland | 510.959 | 2 | 2006 - 2022 |
Ireland | 503.846 | 3 | 2006 - 2022 |
Switzerland | 502.523 | 4 | 2006 - 2022 |
Slovenia | 499.965 | 5 | 2006 - 2022 |
UK | 499.67 | 6 | 2006 - 2022 |
Poland | 499.164 | 7 | 2006 - 2022 |
Czechia | 497.742 | 8 | 2006 - 2022 |
Latvia | 493.843 | 9 | 2006 - 2022 |
Denmark | 493.816 | 10 | 2006 - 2022 |
Sweden | 493.549 | 11 | 2006 - 2022 |
Germany | 492.427 | 12 | 2006 - 2022 |
Austria | 491.271 | 13 | 2006 - 2022 |
Belgium | 490.578 | 14 | 2006 - 2022 |
Netherlands | 488.317 | 15 | 2006 - 2022 |
France | 487.225 | 16 | 2006 - 2022 |
Hungary | 485.89 | 17 | 2006 - 2022 |
Spain | 484.534 | 18 | 2006 - 2022 |
Lithuania | 484.463 | 19 | 2006 - 2022 |
Portugal | 484.373 | 20 | 2006 - 2022 |
Croatia | 482.667 | 21 | 2006 - 2022 |
Norway | 478.226 | 22 | 2006 - 2022 |
Italy | 477.463 | 23 | 2006 - 2022 |
Turkey | 475.938 | 24 | 2006 - 2022 |
Malta | 465.589 | 25 | 2015 - 2022 |
Slovakia | 462.269 | 26 | 2006 - 2022 |
Serbia | 447.461 | 27 | 2018 - 2022 |
Iceland | 446.967 | 28 | 2006 - 2022 |
Greece | 440.786 | 29 | 2006 - 2022 |
Romania | 427.511 | 30 | 2006 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 420.993 | 31 | 2006 - 2022 |
Moldova | 416.859 | 32 | 2015 - 2022 |
Cyprus | 410.903 | 33 | 2012 - 2022 |
Montenegro | 403.13 | 34 | 2006 - 2022 |
North Macedonia | 379.875 | 35 | 2015 - 2022 |
Albania | 375.968 | 36 | 2009 - 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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