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PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 95th Percentile Score by country

The 95th 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
676.7%
Canada
Lowest
496.2%
Tunisia
Median
640.1%
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
353

What the numbers show

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 95th Percentile Score is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 676.7% in Canada; the lowest is 496.2% in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 640.1%, and the mean is 623.8%.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 10.3%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 6.7%).

PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 95th Percentile Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 676.7% 2018 up 2.0% flat
2 Estonia 675.8% 2018 up 6.8% rising
3 United States 675.7% 2018 up 3.0% flat
4 Australia 673.4% 2018 up 0.9% flat
5 Hong Kong 673.3% 2018 up 2.2% flat
6 Finland 672.2% 2018 up 0.9% flat
7 Sweden 671.6% 2018 up 3.2% flat
8 New Zealand 670.6% 2018 down 1.2% flat
9 Macao 670.0% 2018 up 10.3% rising
10 South Korea 669.4% 2018 up 1.7% flat
11 Poland 666.8% 2018 up 4.2% flat
12 United Kingdom 664.1% 2018 up 2.9% flat
13 Ireland 663.4% 2018 up 3.9% flat
14 Israel 662.6% 2018 up 3.0% rising
15 Germany 662.5% 2018 up 3.5% flat
16 Norway 661.3% 2018 up 2.2% flat
17 Japan 657.2% 2018 down 1.5% flat
18 Belgium 653.1% 2018 down 0.5% flat
19 Netherlands 651.1% 2018 up 0.2% flat
20 France 650.5% 2018 down 0.1% flat
21 Liechtenstein 648.6% 2012 down 1.9% flat
22 Czechia 647.0% 2018 up 3.3% flat
23 Switzerland 647.0% 2018 up 0.3% flat
24 Denmark 646.9% 2018 up 3.7% flat
25 Luxembourg 645.6% 2018 up 2.5% rising
26 Slovenia 644.4% 2018 up 3.5% flat
27 Austria 641.0% 2018 up 2.6% flat
28 Iceland 640.3% 2018 down 1.2% flat
29 Portugal 640.0% 2018 up 2.5% flat
30 Hungary 630.7% 2018 down 0.2% flat
31 Russia 629.3% 2018 up 3.6% rising
32 Spain 629.0% 2015 up 5.9% flat
33 Italy 628.0% 2018 down 0.5% flat
34 Lithuania 625.4% 2018 up 2.9% flat
35 Latvia 624.4% 2018 up 2.4% flat
36 Croatia 623.0% 2018 up 2.0% flat
37 Slovakia 622.6% 2018 up 0.3% flat
38 Greece 613.7% 2018 down 2.6% flat
39 Turkey 610.0% 2018 up 2.4% flat
40 Chile 602.4% 2018 up 3.1% rising
41 Serbia 599.3% 2018 up 4.7% rising
42 Bulgaria 593.8% 2018 down 1.5% flat
43 Qatar 592.4% 2018 up 3.4% rising
44 Uruguay 585.1% 2018 up 0.1% falling
45 Brazil 583.8% 2018 up 2.1% flat
46 Romania 583.8% 2018 up 3.4% flat
47 Colombia 565.8% 2018 up 2.1% flat
48 Montenegro 565.7% 2018 up 1.4% rising
49 Mexico 562.2% 2018 up 0.9% flat
50 Argentina 561.0% 2018 down 1.3% flat
51 Peru 558.1% 2018 up 5.2% rising
52 Jordan 549.6% 2018 up 1.3% flat
53 Albania 542.3% 2018 up 0.8% rising
54 Thailand 532.6% 2018 down 1.7% flat
55 Indonesia 502.3% 2018 down 1.6% flat
56 Tunisia 496.2% 2015 down 6.7% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Distribution of Reading Scores: 95th 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 95th 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/