Data for 2017

Harmonized Test Scores, 2017

Name: Harmonized Test Scores, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Harmonized Test Scores, 2017 covers 156 countries. Singapore is highest, at 581; Niger is lowest, at 305. The middle country reads 424. Against 2010, 107 values changed (68 up, 39 down), 49 countries joined.

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Harmonized Test Scores · Data for 2017

HighestSingapore

581

LowestNiger

305

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

156countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
110distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Harmonized Test Scores, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Harmonized Test Scores, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	581
=2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	563
=2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	563
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	562
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	548
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	545
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	542
=8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	538
=8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	538
=10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	537
=10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	537
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	537
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	532
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	531
=15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	530
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	530
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	528
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	525
=18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	525
=20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	524
=20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	524
22	United States`USA`Northern America	523
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	522
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	521
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	520
=26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	519
=26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	519
=28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	517
=28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	517
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	516
=31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	514
=31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	514
=31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	514
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	512
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	506
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	505
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	503
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	502
=39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	500
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	500
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	498
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	497
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	490
=44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	474
=44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	474
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	473
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	472
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	468
49	Chile`CHL`South America	466
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	463
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	461
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	459
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	458
=54	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	456
=54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	456
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	455
=57	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	452
=57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	452
=57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	452
60	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	451
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	445
=62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	444
=62	Uruguay`URY`South America	444
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	443
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	440
=66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	436
=66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	436
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	435
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	433
=70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	432
=70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	432
=72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	430
=72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	430
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	429
75	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	425
=76	Argentina`ARG`South America	424
=76	Colombia`COL`South America	424
=76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	424
79	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	423
=80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	420
=80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	420
=82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	412
=82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	412
=84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	409
=84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	409
=86	Brazil`BRA`South America	408
=86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	408
=88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	407
=88	Peru`PER`South America	407
=88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	407
=91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	405
=91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	405
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	404
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	403
=95	Honduras`HND`Central America	400
=95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	400
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	397
=98	Panama`PAN`Central America	396
=98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	396
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	393
=101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	392
=101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	392
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	391
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	388
=105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	387
=105	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	387
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	386
=108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	384
=108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	384
=108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	384
=111	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	383
=111	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	383
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	382
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	380
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	379
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	376
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	374
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	373
=119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	371
=119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	371
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	369
=122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	368
=122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	368
=122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	368
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	367
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	363
=127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	362
=127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	362
=129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	359
=129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	359
=131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	358
=131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	358
=131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	358
=134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	356
=134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	356
=136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	355
=136	India`IND`Southern Asia	355
138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	351
139	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	350
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	346
141	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	345
142	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	343
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	342
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	339
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	338
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	336
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	333
148	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	332
149	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	326
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	325
151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	321
152	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	318
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	316
=154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	307
=154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	307
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	305

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore581
2Japanshared563
2South Koreashared563
4Hong Kong562
5Finland548

Lowest

156Niger305
154Malishared307
154Ghanashared307
153Sierra Leone316
152DR Congo318

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 424. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2017

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+49 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
68 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan412 → 537+125
Azerbaijan402 → 472+70
Serbia457 → 521+64
Georgia388 → 445+57
Russia484 → 538+54

Fell most

Madagascar434 → 351−83
Cameroon451 → 379−72
Chad403 → 333−70
Egypt399 → 356−43
South Africa381 → 343−38

+ Afghanistan

+ Angola

+ Armenia

+ Bangladesh

+ China

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

+ Dominican Republic

+ Ethiopia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Guinea

+ Guyana

+ Honduras

+ Haiti

+ India

+ Iraq

+ Jamaica

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Cambodia

+ Kiribati

+ Laos

+ Liberia

+ Sri Lanka

+ Mali

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Niger

+ Nigeria

+ Nicaragua

+ Nepal

+ Pakistan

+ Philippines

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Palestine

+ Rwanda

+ Sudan

+ Solomon Islands

+ Sierra Leone

+ El Salvador

+ South Sudan

+ Tajikistan

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Tanzania

+ Vanuatu

+ Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

110 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 537. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2017). Harmonized Test Scores, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/harmonized-test-scores/2017

064 held

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Harmonized Test Scores, 2010
107 countries
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Harmonized Test Scores, 2018
166 countries
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4 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions