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PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018

Figures for 2018, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018 covers 72 countries. Singapore is highest, at 569.01; Cambodia is lowest, at 324.69. The middle country reads 458.27. Against 2015, 60 values changed (37 up, 23 down), 12 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Mathematics Performance · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

569.01

LowestCambodia

324.69

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, 2018, 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 72 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia569.01
2MacauMACEastern Asia557.67
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia551.15
4TaiwanTWNEastern Asia531.14
5JapanJPNEastern Asia526.97
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia525.93
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe523.41
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe519.23
9PolandPOLEastern Europe515.65
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe515.31
11CanadaCANNorthern America512.02
12DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe509.40
13SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe508.90
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe508.07
15FinlandFINNorthern Europe507.30
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe502.39
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe501.77
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe500.96
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe500.04
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe499.63
21CzechiaCZEEastern Europe499.47
22AustriaAUTWestern Europe498.94
23LatviaLVANorthern Europe496.13
24FranceFRAWestern Europe495.41
25IcelandISLNorthern Europe495.19

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore569.01
  2. 2Macau557.67
  3. 3Hong Kong551.15
  4. 4Taiwan531.14
  5. 5Japan526.97

Lowest

  1. 72Cambodia324.69
  2. 71Dominican Republic325.10
  3. 70Paraguay326.18
  4. 69Guatemala334.31
  5. 68Philippines352.57

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 458.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2018

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +12 / −1countries joined / left
  • 60values changed, of 60 in both
  • 37 · 23rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Argentina+ Brunei+ Guatemala+ Kazakhstan+ Cambodia+ Morocco+ Malaysia+ Panama+ Philippines+ Paraguay+ Saudi Arabia+ Serbia− Spain

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 72 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 (2018). PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-mathematics/2018

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07Questions

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA mathematics scores in PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018?

Singapore, at 569.01, of the 72 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018 cover?

72.

Where can I download PISA Mathematics Performance, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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