Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Germany

Harmonized test scores in Germany in 2020 — 517 score. Ranked 18 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 1.9%.

2020 517 score −2.06% vs 2018
World rank 18of 172
Period maximum 528 score2018
Period minimum 517 score2020

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Germany, 2010–2020515520525530201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 528 score2017: 528 score2018: 528 score2020: 517 score
Change over the period: −10 (−1.94%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Germany 517 score
World computed 403 score
Europe & Central Asia computed 489 score
Western Europe computed 514 score
High-income countries computed 505 score
Harmonized test scores — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 517
2018 528 +0 +0.03%
2017 528
2010 528

Western Europe, 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.