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PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015

Figures for 2015, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015 covers 61 countries. Singapore is highest, at 564.19; Dominican Republic is lowest, at 327.70. The middle country reads 478.64. Against 2012, 55 values changed (20 up, 35 down), 6 countries joined, 4 left.

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PISA Mathematics Performance · Data for 2015

HighestSingapore

564.19

LowestDominican Republic

327.70

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 61 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia564.19
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia547.93
3MacauMACEastern Asia543.81
4TaiwanTWNEastern Asia542.32
5JapanJPNEastern Asia532.44
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia524.11
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe521.25
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe519.53
9CanadaCANNorthern America515.65
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe512.25
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe511.09
12FinlandFINNorthern Europe511.08
13SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe509.92
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe506.98
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe505.97
16PolandPOLEastern Europe504.47
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe503.72
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe501.73
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe496.74
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand495.22
21SwedenSWENorthern Europe493.92
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand493.90
23FranceFRAWestern Europe492.92
24United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe492.48
25CzechiaCZEEastern Europe492.33

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore564.19
  2. 2Hong Kong547.93
  3. 3Macau543.81
  4. 4Taiwan542.32
  5. 5Japan532.44

Lowest

  1. 61Dominican Republic327.70
  2. 60Kosovo361.53
  3. 59North Macedonia371.31
  4. 58Brazil377.07
  5. 57Jordan380.26

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 478.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2015

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +6 / −4countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 55 in both
  • 20 · 35rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Dominican Republic+ Georgia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Malta+ Kosovo− Argentina− Kazakhstan− Malaysia− Serbia

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

  • The position is ours

    OECD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 61 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — Data clause · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

OECD (2015). PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-mathematics/2015

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07Questions

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA mathematics scores in PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015?

Singapore, at 564.19, of the 61 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015 cover?

61.

Where can I download PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is PISA Mathematics Performance, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is PISA Mathematics Performance, 2022.

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