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PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 25th Percentile Score by country

The 25th percentile score is the score below which 25 percent of students scored. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/

Countries reporting
56
Highest
464.4%
Macao
Lowest
305.3%
Tunisia
Median
412.9%
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
354

What the numbers show

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 25th Percentile Score is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 464.4% in Macao; the lowest is 305.3% in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 412.9%, and the mean is 402.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 13.5%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 10.9%).

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 25th Percentile Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 464.4% 2018 up 6.3% flat
2 Hong Kong 462.5% 2018 down 4.1% flat
3 Estonia 460.1% 2018 up 3.2% flat
4 Ireland 456.0% 2018 up 4.7% flat
5 Finland 455.1% 2018 down 5.4% falling
6 Canada 452.4% 2018 down 2.5% flat
7 Liechtenstein 452.1% 2012 down 3.2% flat
8 South Korea 448.8% 2018 down 8.5% falling
9 Poland 445.7% 2018 up 1.0% rising
10 Denmark 438.6% 2018 down 0.3% flat
11 Japan 438.5% 2018 down 4.5% flat
12 Spain 438.5% 2015 up 8.2% flat
13 United Kingdom 435.4% 2018 up 1.3% flat
14 Sweden 434.2% 2018 down 0.5% falling
15 New Zealand 431.6% 2018 down 4.5% falling
16 Slovenia 431.4% 2018 up 2.5% flat
17 Norway 430.3% 2018 down 2.8% flat
18 United States 429.8% 2018 down 0.8% flat
19 Australia 428.8% 2018 down 4.8% falling
20 Portugal 425.1% 2018 down 1.6% rising
21 Germany 424.2% 2018 down 1.9% flat
22 France 422.9% 2018 down 1.4% flat
23 Czechia 422.1% 2018 up 2.1% flat
24 Belgium 421.4% 2018 down 3.4% flat
25 Croatia 418.0% 2018 up 0.4% flat
26 Russia 416.5% 2018 up 3.9% rising
27 Latvia 415.2% 2018 down 3.1% flat
28 Italy 413.1% 2018 down 2.1% flat
29 Switzerland 412.8% 2018 down 5.6% flat
30 Austria 412.7% 2018 up 3.5% flat
31 Netherlands 410.4% 2018 down 7.0% falling
32 Lithuania 409.6% 2018 up 0.0% flat
33 Hungary 406.7% 2018 down 6.4% flat
34 Turkey 404.4% 2018 down 1.1% flat
35 Iceland 402.5% 2018 down 8.3% falling
36 Luxembourg 392.4% 2018 down 2.7% flat
37 Greece 390.2% 2018 down 7.1% flat
38 Chile 388.7% 2018 down 1.2% rising
39 Slovakia 387.5% 2018 down 6.9% falling
40 Israel 381.2% 2018 down 5.0% rising
41 Serbia 369.6% 2018 down 4.6% rising
42 Jordan 366.3% 2018 up 4.7% rising
43 Mexico 362.4% 2018 down 2.0% rising
44 Romania 360.6% 2018 down 1.1% rising
45 Montenegro 360.4% 2018 up 4.4% rising
46 Uruguay 360.1% 2018 up 0.3% flat
47 Colombia 349.9% 2018 down 1.4% rising
48 Albania 349.2% 2018 up 9.5% rising
49 Bulgaria 344.2% 2018 down 2.0% flat
50 Brazil 339.9% 2018 down 2.2% flat
51 Thailand 336.5% 2018 down 9.7% falling
52 Peru 333.6% 2018 up 10.4% rising
53 Argentina 333.5% 2018 up 1.3% rising
54 Qatar 326.4% 2018 up 13.5% rising
55 Indonesia 317.9% 2018 down 10.9% flat
56 Tunisia 305.3% 2015 down 3.0% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 25th Percentile Score
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 354 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

The 25th percentile score is the score below which 25 percent of students scored. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/