Average performance of 15 year old girls and boys on the science scale by country

Countries reporting
56
Highest
557.91
Singapore
Lowest
385.35
Indonesia
Median
485.36
Years covered
17
2006–2022
Data points
330

What the numbers show

Average performance of 15 year old girls and boys on the science scale is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 557.91 in Singapore; the lowest is 385.35 in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 485.36, and the mean is 472.89.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 10.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 9.3%).

Average performance of 15 year old girls and boys on the science scale: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 557.91 2022 up 1.1% flat
2 Japan 545.69 2022 up 0.9% flat
3 Macau (China) 542.13 2022 up 4.0% rising
4 Chinese Taipei 535.65 2022 up 2.4% flat
5 Korea 529.59 2022 down 1.2% flat
6 Estonia 527.67 2022 down 2.8% flat
7 Finland 521.96 2022 down 5.8% falling
8 Hong Kong (China) 520.39 2022 down 5.6% falling
9 Canada 514.81 2022 down 1.8% flat
10 Slovenia 507.72 2022 down 2.1% flat
11 Australia 505.72 2022 down 2.6% falling
12 New Zealand 504.44 2022 down 1.7% falling
13 Switzerland 502.37 2022 down 1.9% flat
14 Ireland 500.95 2022 down 3.7% flat
15 Poland 500.05 2022 down 5.1% flat
16 Czechia 498.66 2022 down 1.8% flat
17 Sweden 497.8 2022 up 1.9% flat
18 United States 495.83 2022 down 0.5% flat
19 United Kingdom 495.54 2022 down 2.4% flat
20 Latvia 493.15 2022 down 3.3% flat
21 Germany 492.22 2022 down 6.1% flat
22 Belgium 490.53 2022 down 2.5% flat
23 Denmark 490.22 2022 down 0.6% flat
24 Croatia 488.24 2022 down 0.9% flat
25 France 487.92 2022 down 2.4% flat
26 Lithuania 487.26 2022 down 3.2% flat
27 Netherlands 487.1 2022 down 6.4% falling
28 Austria 485.48 2022 down 3.2% flat
29 Portugal 485.24 2022 down 1.0% flat
30 Norway 485.15 2022 down 2.3% flat
31 Hungary 484.17 2022 down 1.8% falling
32 Spain 481.9 2022 down 2.2% flat
33 Luxembourg 479.09 2018 down 0.3% flat
34 Türkiye 478.43 2022 up 2.1% rising
35 Russia 478.01 2018 down 0.4% flat
36 Italy 474.27 2022 down 3.6% flat
37 Slovak Republic 465.73 2022 down 0.4% falling
38 Israel 464.96 2022 down 1.2% flat
39 Iceland 453.7 2022 down 5.4% falling
40 Greece 445.94 2022 down 5.8% falling
41 Qatar 443.14 2022 up 10.3% rising
42 Chile 436.33 2022 down 1.2% flat
43 Uruguay 431.07 2022 up 3.5% flat
44 Bulgaria 429.72 2022 down 6.0% flat
45 Romania 428.17 2022 down 3.0% flat
46 Kazakhstan 425.89 2022 down 0.7% flat
47 Thailand 414.31 2022 down 8.4% flat
48 Colombia 408.12 2022 up 4.5% rising
49 Montenegro 407.11 2022 down 2.7% flat
50 Mexico 403.53 2022 down 2.0% flat
51 Argentina 403.23 2022 down 1.4% flat
52 Peru 400.59 2022 up 8.2% rising
53 Brazil 400.4 2022 down 0.2% flat
54 Albania 390.76 2022 down 2.6% flat
55 Jordan 390.39 2022 down 9.3% falling
56 Indonesia 385.35 2022 up 0.5% flat

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Average performance of 15 year old girls and boys on the science scale
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
56 places, 330 data points, 2006–2022
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