Japan vs Macao: Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics

Japan

535.58 score

in 2022

Macao

551.92 score

in 2022

Japan rank

5th

Macao rank

2nd

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

Japan
Macao

How they compare

Macao currently reports 551.92 score against 535.58 score in Japan, a difference of 16.34 score.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 5th and Macao ranks 2nd of 57 countries.

Individual pages

Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics in Japan
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics in Macao
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.