Italy vs Spain: Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics

Italy

471.26 score

in 2022

Spain

473.14 score

in 2022

Italy rank

32nd

Spain rank

29th

Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics over time

Italy
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 473.14 score against 471.26 score in Italy, a difference of 1.88 score.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Spain ahead.

Italy ranks 32nd and Spain ranks 29th of 57 countries.

Individual pages

Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics in Italy
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics in Spain
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics
Unit: score
Source: OECD (2023) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 57 places, 373 data points, 2003–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Assessed through the PISA mathematics scale, which measures how well someone can use math to solve everyday problems and understand the role of math in the real world.