Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — New Zealand

Harmonized test scores in New Zealand in 2020 — 520 score. Ranked 13 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 4.1%.

2020 520 score +0.5% vs 2018
World rank 13of 172
Period maximum 542 score2010
Period minimum 517 score2017

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — New Zealand, 2010–2020510520530540550201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 542 score2017: 517 score2018: 517 score2020: 520 score
Change over the period: −22 (−4.06%) Average annual rate: -0.41 %

Comparison, 2020

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

New Zealand 520 score
World computed 403 score
East Asia & Pacific computed 436 score
Australia and New Zealand computed 516 score
High-income countries computed 505 score
Harmonized test scores — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 520
2018 517 +0 +0.03%
2017 517
2010 542

Australia and New Zealand, 2020

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

NZ New Zealand 520 AU Australia 516

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.