Data for 2020

Harmonized Test Scores, 2020

Name: Harmonized Test Scores, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 covers 172 countries. Singapore is highest, at 575.27; Niger is lowest, at 304.92. The middle country reads 414.32. Against 2018, 91 values changed (30 up, 61 down), 6 countries joined.

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Harmonized Test Scores · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

575.27

LowestNiger

304.92

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

172countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	575.27
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	560.61
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	548.63
4	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	543.21
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	537.72
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	537.21
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	534.00
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	533.71
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	530.09
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	521.33
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	520.81
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	520.36
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	519.75
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	519.63
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	519.36
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	519.10
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	517.88
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	517.28
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	516.81
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	515.69
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	515.14
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	513.59
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	512.22
24	United States`USA`Northern America	511.80
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	510.26
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	508.51
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	507.64
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	506.62
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	503.87
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	502.16
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	497.68
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	497.55
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	495.89
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	495.48
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	492.99
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	492.85
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	488.14
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	487.58
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	485.35
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	480.75
41	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	478.17
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	477.96
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	474.43
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	474.08
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	472.77
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	468.64
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	463.38
48	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	463.21
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	458.29
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	457.45
51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	456.13
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	454.96
53	Chile`CHL`South America	452.22
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	451.89
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	451.71
56	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	448.04
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	445.68
58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	442.97
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	442.16
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	441.09
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	441.00
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	440.30
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	438.62
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	437.70
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	437.52
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	436.13
67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	435.92
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	434.62
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	434.13
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	432.11
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	430.07
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	429.95
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	428.56
74	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	427.48
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	426.60
76	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	424.63
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	423.51
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	422.75
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	420.15
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	420.09
81	Colombia`COL`South America	419.03
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	417.76
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	416.15
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	416.13
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	415.95
86	Peru`PER`South America	415.03
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	413.62
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	413.24
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	412.45
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	412.32
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	411.48
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	409.07
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	408.25
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	408.17
95	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	407.00
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	406.66
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	405.26
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	403.78
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	403.65
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	400.00
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	399.77
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	399.75
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	399.00
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	398.97
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	397.16
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	396.14
107	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	394.92
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	394.75
109	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	392.91
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	392.23
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	391.99
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	391.39
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	391.32
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	390.57
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	389.89
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	388.48
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	387.13
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	386.74
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	385.96
120	Paraguay`PRY`South America	385.54
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	384.08
122	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	383.92
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	383.72
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	383.40
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	383.34
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	380.41
127	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	379.90
128	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	379.63
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	378.87
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	376.86
131	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	375.03
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	374.09
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	373.23
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	371.44
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	370.61
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	369.91
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	368.73
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	368.56
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	368.32
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	368.24
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	368.14
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	363.43
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	363.32
144	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	361.65
145	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	359.48
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	358.14
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	358.08
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	355.99
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	354.76
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	352.90
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	350.77
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	350.52
153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	348.20
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	347.69
155	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	346.50
156	Guyana`GUY`South America	346.37
157	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	345.22
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	342.76
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	342.09
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	338.66
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	337.82
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	335.59
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	333.11
164	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	331.75
165	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	325.97
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	321.33
167	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	315.88
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	310.20
169	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	309.02
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	307.36
171	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	307.28
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	304.92

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore575.27
2Macau560.61
3Hong Kong548.63
4Estonia543.21
5Japan537.72

Lowest

172Niger304.92
171Ghana307.28
170Mali307.36
169Nigeria309.02
168DR Congo310.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 414.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2020

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 166 in both
30 · 61rose · fell
75unchanged

Rose most

Micronesia327.94 → 379.90+51.96
Marshall Islands332.34 → 375.03+42.69
North Macedonia381.59 → 413.62+32.02
Samoa341.35 → 369.91+28.55
Kiribati383.09 → 411.48+28.40

Fell most

Kazakhstan537.32 → 416.15−121.16
Serbia521.25 → 457.45−63.80
Bulgaria497.61 → 441.09−56.52
Azerbaijan472.28 → 415.95−56.33
Tajikistan444.44 → 390.57−53.88

+ Belarus

+ Brunei

+ Bhutan

+ Central African Republic

+ Fiji

+ Uzbekistan

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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How values are stored

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Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2020). Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/harmonized-test-scores/2020

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