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PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 5th Percentile Score by country

The 5th percentile score is the score below which 5 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
366.8%
Estonia
Lowest
227.7%
Tunisia
Median
315.3%
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
353

What the numbers show

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 5th Percentile Score is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 366.8% in Estonia; the lowest is 227.7% in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 315.3%, and the mean is 305.9%.

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

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 30.3%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 17.9%).

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 5th Percentile Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Estonia 366.8% 2018 up 2.3% flat
2 Macao 365.3% 2018 up 2.4% flat
3 Ireland 364.1% 2018 up 10.4% flat
4 Liechtenstein 360.4% 2012 down 1.4% rising
5 Canada 349.2% 2018 down 5.1% flat
6 Poland 346.7% 2018 up 0.1% rising
7 Finland 344.7% 2018 down 9.8% falling
8 Denmark 343.9% 2018 down 1.7% rising
9 Spain 343.0% 2015 up 13.0% flat
10 Hong Kong 341.6% 2018 down 10.1% flat
11 Japan 336.9% 2018 down 0.5% flat
12 Slovenia 335.3% 2018 up 2.9% flat
13 United Kingdom 334.5% 2018 up 0.2% flat
14 Croatia 329.1% 2018 up 0.6% flat
15 South Korea 328.7% 2018 down 17.9% falling
16 Czechia 328.2% 2018 up 1.0% flat
17 Latvia 327.9% 2018 down 5.7% rising
18 Portugal 327.2% 2018 down 3.3% rising
19 New Zealand 322.4% 2018 down 6.2% flat
20 United States 321.3% 2018 down 5.2% flat
21 Turkey 321.0% 2018 down 1.3% rising
22 Russia 320.5% 2018 up 3.5% rising
23 France 319.3% 2018 up 4.9% falling
24 Austria 318.0% 2018 up 6.3% flat
25 Belgium 317.3% 2018 down 2.7% rising
26 Sweden 316.8% 2018 down 2.9% falling
27 Germany 316.5% 2018 down 4.9% rising
28 Lithuania 315.8% 2018 down 2.6% flat
29 Australia 314.8% 2018 down 8.1% falling
30 Hungary 311.5% 2018 down 6.3% flat
31 Norway 310.0% 2018 down 10.5% flat
32 Netherlands 308.7% 2018 down 15.4% falling
33 Switzerland 307.6% 2018 down 8.7% flat
34 Italy 306.2% 2018 down 4.4% flat
35 Chile 298.4% 2018 down 3.8% rising
36 Iceland 293.0% 2018 down 11.6% falling
37 Greece 291.6% 2018 down 8.4% flat
38 Slovakia 291.2% 2018 down 10.1% falling
39 Luxembourg 290.6% 2018 up 0.8% rising
40 Mexico 285.8% 2018 up 1.9% rising
41 Serbia 282.0% 2018 down 5.5% rising
42 Montenegro 281.5% 2018 up 10.8% rising
43 Albania 276.9% 2018 up 30.3% rising
44 Colombia 271.5% 2018 up 1.0% rising
45 Thailand 271.1% 2018 down 11.1% falling
46 Uruguay 267.5% 2018 up 3.9% rising
47 Bulgaria 262.5% 2018 up 12.0% flat
48 Jordan 261.3% 2018 up 7.5% rising
49 Romania 260.7% 2018 down 3.9% rising
50 Brazil 258.1% 2018 down 1.6% rising
51 Peru 256.4% 2018 up 22.8% rising
52 Israel 255.6% 2018 down 7.7% rising
53 Indonesia 253.8% 2018 down 12.9% flat
54 Argentina 239.8% 2018 up 14.8% rising
55 Qatar 232.9% 2018 up 18.8% rising
56 Tunisia 227.7% 2015 up 4.9% rising

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 5th Percentile Score
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 353 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

The 5th percentile score is the score below which 5 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/