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PISA Reading Performance, 2018

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

PISA Reading Performance, 2018 covers 71 countries. Singapore is highest, at 549.46; Cambodia is lowest, at 321.03. The middle country reads 457.98. Against 2015, 59 values changed (22 up, 37 down), 12 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

549.46

LowestCambodia

321.03

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 Reading 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 71 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Reading Performance, 2018: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia549.46
2MacauMACEastern Asia525.12
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia524.28
4EstoniaESTNorthern Europe523.02
5CanadaCANNorthern America520.09
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe520.08
7IrelandIRLNorthern Europe518.08
8South KoreaKOREastern Asia514.05
9PolandPOLEastern Europe511.86
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe505.79
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand505.73
12United StatesUSANorthern America505.35
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe503.93
14JapanJPNEastern Asia503.86
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand502.63
16TaiwanTWNEastern Asia502.60
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe501.13
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe499.45
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe498.28
20SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe495.35
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe492.86
22FranceFRAWestern Europe492.61
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe491.80
24CzechiaCZEEastern Europe490.22
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe484.78

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore549.46
  2. 2Macau525.12
  3. 3Hong Kong524.28
  4. 4Estonia523.02
  5. 5Canada520.09

Lowest

  1. 71Cambodia321.03
  2. 70Philippines339.69
  3. 69Dominican Republic341.63
  4. 68Kosovo353.07
  5. 67Morocco359.39

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 457.98. “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
  • 59values changed, of 59 in both
  • 22 · 37rose · 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 71 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 Reading Performance, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-reading/2018

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07Questions

PISA Reading Performance, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA reading scores in PISA Reading Performance, 2018?

Singapore, at 549.46, of the 71 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Reading Performance, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does PISA Reading Performance, 2018 cover?

71.

Where can I download PISA Reading 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 Reading Performance, 2018 the newest?

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

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