Data for 2015

PISA Reading Performance, 2015

Name: PISA Reading Performance, 2015
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Figures for 2015, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Reading Performance, 2015 covers 60 countries. Singapore is highest, at 535.10; Kosovo is lowest, at 347.13. The middle country reads 484.81. Against 2012, 54 values changed (20 up, 34 down), 6 countries joined, 4 left.

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PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2015

HighestSingapore

535.10

LowestKosovo

347.13

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

60countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
60distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of PISA Reading Performance, 2015, 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 Reading Performance, 2015: every country, as published by OECD.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	535.10
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	526.68
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	526.67
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	526.42
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	520.81
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	519.14
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	517.44
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	515.96
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	513.19
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	509.27
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	509.10
12	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	508.69
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	505.70
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	505.22
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	502.96
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	502.90
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	500.16
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	499.81
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	499.31
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	498.52
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	498.13
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	497.97
23	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	497.10
24	United States`USA`Northern America	496.94
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	495.58
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	492.20
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	487.76
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	487.25
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	486.86
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	484.87
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	484.76
32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	481.53
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	478.96
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	472.41
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	469.52
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	467.04
37	Chile`CHL`South America	458.57
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	452.51
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	446.67
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	442.83
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	436.57
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	433.62
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	433.54
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	431.72
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	428.34
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	427.49
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	426.88
48	Colombia`COL`South America	424.91
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	423.28
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	416.23
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	409.13
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	407.35
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	405.26
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	401.89
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	401.29
56	Peru`PER`South America	397.54
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	397.26
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	357.74
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	351.74
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	347.13

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore535.10
2Hong Kong526.68
3Canada526.67
4Finland526.42
5Ireland520.81

Lowest

60Kosovo347.13
59North Macedonia351.74
58Dominican Republic357.74
57Indonesia397.26
56Peru397.54

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 484.81. “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
54values changed, of 54 in both
20 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay411.35 → 436.57+25.22
Slovenia481.32 → 505.22+23.90
Colombia403.40 → 424.91+21.50
Chile441.40 → 458.57+17.17
Sweden483.34 → 500.16+16.82

Fell most

Türkiye475.49 → 428.34−47.16
Thailand441.22 → 409.13−32.09
Taiwan523.12 → 497.10−26.02
Japan538.05 → 515.96−22.09
Hungary488.46 → 469.52−18.94

+ 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

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How values are stored

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Every one of the 60 countries has every column.

05The files

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

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