Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — China

Harmonized test scores in China in 2020 — 441 score. Ranked 61 in the world out of 172. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 3.3%.

2020 441 score +0% vs 2018
World rank 61of 172
Period maximum 456 score2017
Period minimum 441 score2018

Trend over time

2017–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — China, 2017–202044044545045546020172018201920202017: 456 score2018: 441 score2020: 441 score
Change over the period: −15 (−3.29%) Average annual rate: -1.11 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 441 score
World computed 403 score
East Asia & Pacific computed 436 score
Eastern Asia computed 449 score
Upper-middle-income countries computed 423 score
Harmonized test scores — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 441
2018 441 −15 −3.29%
2017 456

Eastern Asia, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.