Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Northern Europe

Harmonized test scores in Northern Europe in 2020 — 520 score. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.4%.

2020 520 score −0.23% vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 521 score2017
Period minimum 518 score2010

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Northern Europe, 2010–2020517518519520521522201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 518 score2017: 521 score2018: 521 score2020: 520 score
Change over the period: +2 (+0.36%) Average annual rate: 0.04 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Northern Europe 520 score
World computed 403 score
Harmonized test scores — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 520
2018 521 −0 −0.04%
2017 521
2010 518

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.