Data for 2012

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012

Name: PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012
Creator: OECD
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Figures for 2012, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012 covers 59 countries. Singapore is highest, at 573.5; Peru is lowest, at 368.1. The middle country reads 481.6. Against 2009, 57 values changed (35 up, 22 down), 2 countries joined, 4 left.

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PISA Mathematics Performance · Data for 2012

HighestSingapore

573.5

LowestPeru

368.1

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

59countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
59distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012: every country, as published by OECD.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	573.5
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	561.2
3	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	559.8
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	553.8
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	538.1
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	536.4
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	530.9
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	523.0
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	520.5
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	518.8
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	518.1
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	517.5
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	514.5
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	513.5
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	505.5
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	504.2
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	501.5
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	501.1
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	500.0
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	499.7
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	499.0
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	495.0
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	493.9
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	492.8
25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	490.6
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	489.4
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	487.1
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	485.3
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	484.3
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	481.6
31	United States`USA`Northern America	481.4
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	478.8
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	478.3
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	477.0
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	471.1
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	466.5
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	453.0
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	448.9
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	448.0
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	444.6
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	439.7
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	438.7
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	434.0
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	431.8
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	426.7
46	Chile`CHL`South America	422.6
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	420.5
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	413.3
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	409.6
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	409.3
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	407.0
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	394.3
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	388.5
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	388.4
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	385.6
56	Colombia`COL`South America	376.5
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	376.4
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	375.1
59	Peru`PER`South America	368.1

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore573.5
2Hong Kong561.2
3Taiwan559.8
4South Korea553.8
5Macau538.1

Lowest

59Peru368.1
58Indonesia375.1
57Qatar376.4
56Colombia376.5
55Jordan385.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 481.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2012

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −4countries joined / left
57values changed, of 57 in both
35 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan404.9 → 431.8+26.9
Poland494.8 → 517.5+22.7
Israel446.9 → 466.5+19.6
Romania427.1 → 444.6+17.5
Albania377.5 → 394.3+16.9

Fell most

Finland540.5 → 518.8−21.8
New Zealand519.3 → 499.7−19.6
Uruguay426.7 → 409.3−17.4
Sweden494.2 → 478.3−16.0
Slovakia496.7 → 481.6−15.0

+ Austria

+ Cyprus

− Georgia

− Moldova

− Malta

− Panama

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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Nothing missing
Every one of the 59 countries has every column.

05The files

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OECD (2012). PISA Mathematics Performance, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-mathematics/2012

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