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Harmonized test scores

What children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.

Unit: score, 300–625 Period: 2010–2020 Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank)
Source: World Bank · About the indicator
Average: 424 score Countries: 172

The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2020.

Harmonized test scores, 2020

Top-20 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores, 2020500520540560580SingaporeSingapore: 575 score575MacaoMacao: 561 score561Hong KongHong Kong: 549 score549EstoniaEstonia: 543 score543JapanJapan: 538 score538South KoreaSouth Korea: 537 score537CanadaCanada: 534 score534FinlandFinland: 534 score534PolandPoland: 530 score530IrelandIreland: 521 score521SloveniaSlovenia: 521 score521United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 520 score520New ZealandNew Zealand: 520 score520NetherlandsNetherlands: 520 score520SwedenSweden: 519 score519VietnamVietnam: 519 score519DenmarkDenmark: 518 score518GermanyGermany: 517 score517BelgiumBelgium: 517 score517AustraliaAustralia: 516 score516

The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.

Harmonized test scores — 2020 Current breakdown Full series CSV XLSX JSON
# Year Subregion World rank
1 SG Singapore 575 2020 1
2 MO Macao 561 2020 2
3 HK Hong Kong 549 2020 3
4 EE Estonia 543 2020 4
5 JP Japan 538 2020 5
6 KR South Korea 537 2020 6
7 CA Canada 534 2020 7
8 FI Finland 534 2020 8
9 PL Poland 530 2020 9
10 IE Ireland 521 2020 10
11 SI Slovenia 521 2020 11
12 GB United Kingdom 520 2020 12
13 NZ New Zealand 520 2020 13
14 NL Netherlands 520 2020 14
15 SE Sweden 519 2020 15
16 VN Vietnam 519 2020 16
17 DK Denmark 518 2020 17
18 DE Germany 517 2020 18
19 BE Belgium 517 2020 19
20 AU Australia 516 2020 20
21 CH Switzerland 515 2020 21
22 NO Norway 514 2020 22
23 CZ Czechia 512 2020 23
24 US United States 512 2020 24
25 FR France 510 2020 25
26 PT Portugal 509 2020 26
27 AT Austria 508 2020 27
28 ES Spain 507 2020 28
29 LV Latvia 504 2020 29
30 CY Cyprus 502 2020 30
31 IS Iceland 498 2020 31
32 RU Russia 498 2020 32
33 LT Lithuania 496 2020 33
34 HU Hungary 495 2020 34
35 IT Italy 493 2020 35
36 LU Luxembourg 493 2020 36
37 BY Belarus 488 2020 37
38 HR Croatia 488 2020 38
39 SK Slovakia 485 2020 39
40 IL Israel 481 2020 40
41 UA Ukraine 478 2020 41
42 TR Türkiye 478 2020 42
43 MT Malta 474 2020 43
44 UZ Uzbekistan 474 2020 44
45 MU Mauritius 473 2020 45
46 GR Greece 469 2020 46
47 SC Seychelles 463 2020 47
48 PW Palau 463 2020 48
49 TT Trinidad and Tobago 458 2020 49
50 RS Serbia 457 2020 50
51 GA Gabon 456 2020 51
52 KE Kenya 455 2020 52
53 CL Chile 452 2020 53
54 KH Cambodia 452 2020 54
55 BH Bahrain 452 2020 55
56 AE United Arab Emirates 448 2020 56
57 MY Malaysia 446 2020 57
58 AM Armenia 443 2020 58
59 RO Romania 442 2020 59
60 BG Bulgaria 441 2020 60
61 CN China 441 2020 61
62 SZ Eswatini 440 2020 62
63 MD Moldova 439 2020 63
64 UY Uruguay 438 2020 64
65 BN Brunei Darussalam 438 2020 65
66 ME Montenegro 436 2020 66
67 SV El Salvador 436 2020 67
68 MN Mongolia 435 2020 68
69 AL Albania 434 2020 69
70 IR Iran 432 2020 70
71 MX Mexico 430 2020 71
72 JO Jordan 430 2020 72
73 CR Costa Rica 429 2020 73
74 QA Qatar 427 2020 74
75 TH Thailand 427 2020 75
76 MM Myanmar 425 2020 76
77 OM Oman 424 2020 77
78 BI Burundi 423 2020 78
79 EC Ecuador 420 2020 79
80 KG Kyrgyzstan 420 2020 80
81 CO Colombia 419 2020 81
82 LC Saint Lucia 418 2020 82
83 KZ Kazakhstan 416 2020 83
84 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 416 2020 84
85 AZ Azerbaijan 416 2020 85
86 PE Peru 415 2020 86
87 MK North Macedonia 414 2020 87
88 BR Brazil 413 2020 88
89 SN Senegal 412 2020 89
90 PS Palestine 412 2020 90
91 KI Kiribati 411 2020 91
92 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 409 2020 92
93 GN Guinea 408 2020 93
94 AR Argentina 408 2020 94
95 AG Antigua and Barbuda 407 2020 95
96 NA Namibia 407 2020 96
97 GT Guatemala 405 2020 97
98 DM Dominica 404 2020 98
99 BF Burkina Faso 404 2020 99
100 LK Sri Lanka 400 2020 100
101 GE Georgia 400 2020 101
102 HN Honduras 400 2020 102
103 IN India 399 2020 103
104 SA Saudi Arabia 399 2020 104
105 UG Uganda 397 2020 105
106 ZW Zimbabwe 396 2020 106
107 ID Indonesia 395 2020 107
108 GD Grenada 395 2020 108
109 LS Lesotho 393 2020 109
110 KM Comoros 392 2020 110
111 NI Nicaragua 392 2020 111
112 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 391 2020 112
113 BW Botswana 391 2020 113
114 TJ Tajikistan 391 2020 114
115 LB Lebanon 390 2020 115
116 TZ Tanzania 388 2020 116
117 JM Jamaica 387 2020 117
118 BT Bhutan 387 2020 118
119 TO Tonga 386 2020 119
120 PY Paraguay 386 2020 120
121 TN Tunisia 384 2020 121
122 BJ Benin 384 2020 122
123 TG Togo 384 2020 123
124 KW Kuwait 383 2020 124
125 FJ Fiji 383 2020 125
126 MA Morocco 380 2020 126
127 FM Micronesia 380 2020 127
128 SD Sudan 380 2020 128
129 CM Cameroon 379 2020 129
130 PA Panama 377 2020 130
131 MH Marshall Islands 375 2020 131
132 DZ Algeria 374 2020 132
133 CI Côte d'Ivoire 373 2020 133
134 TL Timor-Leste 371 2020 134
135 CG Republic of the Congo 371 2020 135
136 WS Samoa 370 2020 136
137 CF Central African Republic 369 2020 137
138 NP Nepal 369 2020 138
139 BD Bangladesh 368 2020 139
140 MZ Mozambique 368 2020 140
141 LA Laos 368 2020 141
142 IQ Iraq 363 2020 142
143 PG Papua New Guinea 363 2020 143
144 PH Philippines 362 2020 144
145 MW Malawi 359 2020 145
146 ZM Zambia 358 2020 146
147 RW Rwanda 358 2020 147
148 EG Egypt 356 2020 148
149 AF Afghanistan 355 2020 149
150 GM Gambia 353 2020 150
151 MG Madagascar 351 2020 151
152 SB Solomon Islands 351 2020 152
153 ET Ethiopia 348 2020 153
154 VU Vanuatu 348 2020 154
155 TV Tuvalu 346 2020 155
156 GY Guyana 346 2020 156
157 DO Dominican Republic 345 2020 157
158 ZA South Africa 343 2020 158
159 MR Mauritania 342 2020 159
160 PK Pakistan 339 2020 160
161 HT Haiti 338 2020 161
162 SS South Sudan 336 2020 162
163 TD Chad 333 2020 163
164 LR Liberia 332 2020 164
165 AO Angola 326 2020 165
166 YE Yemen 321 2020 166
167 SL Sierra Leone 316 2020 167
168 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 310 2020 168
169 NG Nigeria 309 2020 169
170 ML Mali 307 2020 170
171 GH Ghana 307 2020 171
172 NE Niger 305 2020 172
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Maximum 575 score
Median 414 score
Minimum 305 score
World 403 score

About the indicator

School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.

Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.

Updates
quarterly
Unit of measurement
score, 300–625
Observation period
2010–2020
License
CC BY 4.0
Dataset
World Development Indicators

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