Average performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in mathematics by country
Assessed through the PISA mathematics scale, which measures how well someone can use math to solve everyday problems and understand the role of math in the real world.
What the numbers show
Average performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in mathematics is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 568.49 score in Singapore; the lowest is 364 score in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 468.01 score, and the mean is 456.16 score.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 8.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 8.3%).
Average performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in mathematics: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 568.49 score | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Taiwan | 544.19 score | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Macao | 543.99 score | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 535.71 score | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 5 | Japan | 531.15 score | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | South Korea | 524.64 score | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 7 | Estonia | 506.69 score | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 502.47 score | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Canada | 490.71 score | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 10 | Netherlands | 487.2 score | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 486.72 score | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 12 | Poland | 486.16 score | 2022 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 13 | Belgium | 485.73 score | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 485.46 score | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 485.4 score | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 17 | Denmark | 483.32 score | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Czechia | 483.23 score | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 481.67 score | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 481.34 score | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 480.67 score | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 478.46 score | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 477.55 score | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 25 | New Zealand | 473.8 score | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 26 | Lithuania | 472.6 score | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 27 | France | 469.14 score | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | Germany | 469.04 score | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 29 | Norway | 468.79 score | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 30 | Spain | 468.01 score | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Portugal | 466.52 score | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Hungary | 465.34 score | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 33 | Slovakia | 463.27 score | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 460.91 score | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Croatia | 459.75 score | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | United States | 458.14 score | 2022 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 37 | Iceland | 457.18 score | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 38 | Israel | 452.22 score | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 39 | Turkey | 450.29 score | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 427.15 score | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 425.55 score | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 42 | Romania | 425.22 score | 2022 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 420.32 score | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 44 | Qatar | 418.11 score | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 45 | Montenegro | 405.77 score | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 403.37 score | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 47 | Uruguay | 403.2 score | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 48 | Thailand | 396.83 score | 2022 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 49 | Mexico | 389.35 score | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 50 | Peru | 383.65 score | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 378.4 score | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Albania | 378.12 score | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 53 | Brazil | 374.65 score | 2022 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 372.04 score | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 55 | Indonesia | 368.64 score | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Jordan | 368.46 score | 2022 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 57 | Tunisia | 364 score | 2015 | up 1.6% | flat |
About this data
Assessed through the PISA mathematics scale, which measures how well someone can use math to solve everyday problems and understand the role of math in the real world.