Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Harmonized test scores in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2020 — 310 score. Ranked 168 in the world out of 172. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 2.5%.

2020 310 score +0% vs 2018
World rank 168of 172
Period maximum 318 score2017
Period minimum 310 score2018

Trend over time

2017–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017–202031031231431631820172018201920202017: 318 score2018: 310 score2020: 310 score
Change over the period: −8 (−2.45%) Average annual rate: -0.82 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 310 score
World computed 403 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 351 score
Middle Africa computed 329 score
Low-income countries computed 348 score
Harmonized test scores — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 310
2018 310 −8 −2.45%
2017 318

Middle Africa, 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.