Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics by country
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.
What the numbers show
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 574.66 score in Singapore; the lowest is 361.23 score in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 472.78 score, and the mean is 459.42 score.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 10.0%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 7.7%).
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 574.66 score | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Macao | 551.92 score | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 3 | Taiwan | 547.09 score | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 540.35 score | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 5 | Japan | 535.58 score | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | South Korea | 527.3 score | 2022 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 7 | Estonia | 509.95 score | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 507.99 score | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 9 | Canada | 496.95 score | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 10 | Netherlands | 492.68 score | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 489.49 score | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 489.27 score | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 488.98 score | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Poland | 488.96 score | 2022 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 487.79 score | 2018 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 487.27 score | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 18 | Australia | 487.08 score | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 487 score | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 20 | Slovenia | 484.53 score | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 21 | Finland | 484.14 score | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 23 | Latvia | 483.16 score | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Sweden | 481.77 score | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | New Zealand | 479.07 score | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 26 | Lithuania | 475.15 score | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 474.83 score | 2022 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 28 | France | 473.94 score | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 29 | Spain | 473.14 score | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Hungary | 472.78 score | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | Portugal | 471.91 score | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Italy | 471.26 score | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 33 | Norway | 468.45 score | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 34 | United States | 464.89 score | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 35 | Slovakia | 464 score | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 36 | Croatia | 463.11 score | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Iceland | 458.91 score | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Israel | 457.9 score | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Turkey | 453.15 score | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 430.15 score | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 427.76 score | 2022 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 425.44 score | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 417.3 score | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 44 | Qatar | 414.11 score | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 411.7 score | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 46 | Uruguay | 408.71 score | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Montenegro | 405.6 score | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 48 | Mexico | 395.03 score | 2022 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 49 | Thailand | 393.94 score | 2022 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 50 | Peru | 391.24 score | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 382.7 score | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 52 | Brazil | 378.69 score | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 53 | Argentina | 377.53 score | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | Albania | 368.22 score | 2022 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 55 | Tunisia | 366.82 score | 2015 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 56 | Indonesia | 365.52 score | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 57 | Jordan | 361.23 score | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
About this data
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.