Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Ethiopia

Harmonized test scores in Ethiopia in 2020 — 348 score. Ranked 153 in the world out of 172. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 3%.

2020 348 score −3.11% vs 2018
World rank 153of 172
Period maximum 359 score2018
Period minimum 348 score2020

Trend over time

2017–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Ethiopia, 2017–202034535035536020172018201920202017: 359 score2018: 359 score2020: 348 score
Change over the period: −11 (−3.01%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Ethiopia 348 score
World computed 403 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 351 score
Eastern Africa computed 379 score
Low-income countries computed 348 score
Harmonized test scores — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 348
2018 359 +0 +0.1%
2017 359

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.