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PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 90th Percentile Score by country

The 90th percentile score is the score below which 90 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
646.4%
Canada
Lowest
466.7%
Tunisia
Median
610.4%
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
354

What the numbers show

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 90th Percentile Score is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 646.4% in Canada; the lowest is 466.7% in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 610.4%, and the mean is 593.0%.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 10.1%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 7.1%).

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 90th Percentile Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 646.4% 2018 up 1.5% flat
2 Hong Kong 644.7% 2018 up 1.6% flat
3 Estonia 643.3% 2018 up 6.4% rising
4 Finland 643.0% 2018 up 0.1% flat
5 United States 642.6% 2018 up 2.8% flat
6 Macao 641.3% 2018 up 10.1% rising
7 Australia 640.5% 2018 up 0.4% flat
8 Sweden 640.5% 2018 up 3.3% flat
9 New Zealand 640.1% 2018 down 1.4% flat
10 South Korea 639.5% 2018 up 0.7% flat
11 Poland 636.0% 2018 up 3.8% flat
12 Ireland 634.6% 2018 up 3.9% flat
13 United Kingdom 632.4% 2018 up 2.6% flat
14 Germany 632.3% 2018 up 2.8% flat
15 Norway 631.8% 2018 up 2.1% flat
16 Liechtenstein 629.9% 2012 down 1.0% flat
17 Israel 627.8% 2018 up 2.7% rising
18 Japan 627.0% 2018 down 1.9% flat
19 Belgium 623.5% 2018 down 1.1% flat
20 France 621.9% 2018 down 0.4% flat
21 Netherlands 620.5% 2018 down 0.6% flat
22 Denmark 618.2% 2018 up 3.2% flat
23 Czechia 616.4% 2018 up 3.1% flat
24 Switzerland 615.2% 2018 down 0.3% flat
25 Slovenia 613.6% 2018 up 2.6% flat
26 Portugal 612.6% 2018 up 2.3% flat
27 Luxembourg 612.0% 2018 up 1.9% rising
28 Austria 612.0% 2018 up 2.7% flat
29 Iceland 608.7% 2018 down 1.6% flat
30 Spain 602.9% 2015 up 5.9% flat
31 Hungary 601.8% 2018 down 0.9% flat
32 Italy 598.2% 2018 down 1.0% flat
33 Russia 597.5% 2018 up 4.4% rising
34 Lithuania 597.1% 2018 up 3.0% flat
35 Latvia 594.7% 2018 up 1.7% flat
36 Croatia 594.3% 2018 up 1.5% flat
37 Slovakia 589.5% 2018 down 0.7% flat
38 Greece 582.9% 2018 down 3.1% flat
39 Turkey 581.0% 2018 up 2.1% flat
40 Chile 571.9% 2018 up 2.9% rising
41 Serbia 565.8% 2018 up 3.4% rising
42 Bulgaria 557.1% 2018 down 2.6% flat
43 Romania 553.6% 2018 up 3.2% flat
44 Qatar 552.3% 2018 up 4.5% rising
45 Uruguay 552.3% 2018 up 0.0% falling
46 Brazil 548.1% 2018 up 2.1% flat
47 Montenegro 534.2% 2018 up 1.6% rising
48 Colombia 531.5% 2018 up 1.5% flat
49 Mexico 530.2% 2018 down 0.1% flat
50 Argentina 529.3% 2018 down 1.0% flat
51 Jordan 524.3% 2018 up 1.8% flat
52 Peru 523.0% 2018 up 5.5% rising
53 Albania 510.4% 2018 up 0.3% rising
54 Thailand 500.6% 2018 down 2.5% flat
55 Indonesia 471.6% 2018 down 3.3% flat
56 Tunisia 466.7% 2015 down 7.1% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 90th 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 90th percentile score is the score below which 90 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/