Data for 2018

Harmonized Test Scores, 2018

Name: Harmonized Test Scores, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Harmonized Test Scores, 2018 covers 166 countries. Singapore is highest, at 580.87; Niger is lowest, at 304.92. The middle country reads 416.27. Against 2017, 155 values changed (77 up, 78 down), 10 countries joined.

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Harmonized Test Scores · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

580.87

LowestNiger

304.92

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

166countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
166distinct values12 decimals, 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	580.87
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	563.36
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	563.13
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	561.89
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	547.75
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	545.30
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	541.99
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	537.73
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	537.64
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	537.32
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	536.78
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	536.76
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	531.99
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	530.73
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	530.42
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	529.62
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	528.15
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	525.11
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	524.83
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	524.27
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	523.56
22	United States`USA`Northern America	522.61
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	522.32
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	521.25
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	519.92
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	519.44
27	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	519.10
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	517.16
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	516.72
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	515.78
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	513.77
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	513.69
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	513.62
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	512.47
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	505.92
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	504.55
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	503.50
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	502.16
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	500.32
40	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	499.60
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	497.61
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	497.07
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	490.09
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	474.47
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	473.75
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	472.77
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	472.28
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	468.07
49	Chile`CHL`South America	465.74
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	463.38
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	460.80
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	459.18
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	458.29
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	456.13
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	454.96
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	452.24
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	451.89
58	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	451.71
59	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	451.34
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	444.80
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	444.44
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	444.31
63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	442.97
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	441.00
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	440.30
66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	439.62
67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	438.44
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	436.50
69	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	435.53
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	434.62
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	432.63
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	432.11
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	431.65
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	429.56
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	429.50
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	429.33
77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	424.63
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	424.08
79	Colombia`COL`South America	423.62
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	423.51
81	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	422.75
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	420.15
83	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	420.09
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	412.45
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	412.32
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	411.40
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	409.43
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	408.92
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	408.25
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	408.10
91	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	407.39
92	Peru`PER`South America	406.75
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	406.66
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	405.26
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	404.93
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	404.52
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	403.65
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	402.91
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	400.00
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	399.75
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	399.00
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	397.16
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	396.14
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	396.11
105	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	395.90
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	395.03
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	392.91
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	392.23
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	391.99
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	391.32
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	388.48
112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	387.13
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	387.06
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	386.32
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	385.54
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	384.08
117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	383.92
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	383.72
119	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	383.40
120	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	383.09
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	381.59
122	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	379.63
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	378.87
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	374.09
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	373.23
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	371.44
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	370.61
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	370.02
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	368.56
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	368.32
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	368.24
132	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	368.14
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	367.32
134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	363.43
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	362.19
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	359.48
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	359.37
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	358.14
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	358.08
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	357.80
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	355.99
142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	354.76
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	352.90
144	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	351.45
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	350.77
146	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	350.10
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	346.37
148	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	342.76
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	342.09
150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	341.35
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	338.66
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	337.82
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	335.59
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	333.11
155	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	332.34
156	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	331.98
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	331.75
158	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	327.94
159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	325.97
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	321.33
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	315.88
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	310.20
163	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	309.02
164	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	307.36
165	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	307.28
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	304.92

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore580.87
2Japan563.36
3South Korea563.13
4Hong Kong561.89
5Finland547.75

Lowest

166Niger304.92
165Ghana307.28
164Mali307.36
163Nigeria309.02
162DR Congo310.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 416.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
77 · 78rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador362.00 → 438.44+76.44
India355.00 → 399.00+44.00
Gambia338.00 → 352.90+14.90
Israel503.00 → 503.50+0.50
Thailand436.00 → 436.50+0.50

Fell most

Tuvalu387.00 → 351.45−35.55
Vanuatu356.00 → 331.98−24.02
Nigeria325.00 → 309.02−15.98
China456.00 → 441.00−15.00
DR Congo318.00 → 310.20−7.80

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Dominica

+ Micronesia

+ Grenada

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Saint Lucia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Palau

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Samoa

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

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

How values are stored

The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2018). Harmonized Test Scores, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/harmonized-test-scores/2018

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07Questions