Data for 2022

PISA Reading Performance, 2022

Name: PISA Reading Performance, 2022
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Figures for 2022, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Reading Performance, 2022 covers 79 countries. Singapore is highest, at 542.55; Cambodia is lowest, at 328.84. The middle country reads 440.35. Against 2018, 71 values changed (17 up, 54 down), 8 countries joined.

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PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2022

HighestSingapore

542.55

LowestCambodia

328.84

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

79countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
79distinct 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 Reading Performance, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by OECD.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	542.55
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	516.01
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	515.85
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	515.42
5	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	515.17
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	511.03
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	510.41
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	507.13
9	United States`USA`Northern America	503.94
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	500.85
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	499.70
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	498.05
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	494.40
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	490.22
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	488.80
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	488.71
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	488.60
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	486.98
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	483.33
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	481.60
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	480.41
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	479.79
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	478.85
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	476.59
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	476.52
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	475.50
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	474.57
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	474.31
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	473.85
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	473.83
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	472.97
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	471.83
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	468.54
34	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	461.89
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	459.24
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	456.08
37	Chile`CHL`South America	447.98
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	446.86
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	445.30
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	440.35
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	438.44
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	435.90
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	430.36
44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	429.23
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	428.50
46	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	419.30
47	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	417.35
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	415.36
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	415.23
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	410.94
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	410.36
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	409.63
53	Colombia`COL`South America	408.67
54	Peru`PER`South America	408.25
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	405.02
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	404.30
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	400.74
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	391.95
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	388.09
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	386.28
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	382.55
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	381.08
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	378.66
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	378.42
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	374.12
66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	373.86
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	373.16
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	364.90
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	358.57
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	358.52
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	358.43
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	351.31
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	349.16
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	346.55
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	342.19
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	342.17
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	339.36
78	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	335.50
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	328.84

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore542.55
2Ireland516.01
3Japan515.85
4South Korea515.42
5Taiwan515.17

Lowest

79Cambodia328.84
78Uzbekistan335.50
77Morocco339.36
76Jordan342.17
75Kosovo342.19

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 440.35. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2022

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −0countries joined / left
71values changed, of 71 in both
17 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brunei408.07 → 429.23+21.16
Panama376.97 → 391.95+14.98
Taiwan502.60 → 515.17+12.57
Qatar407.09 → 419.30+12.21
Japan503.86 → 515.85+12.00

Fell most

Albania405.43 → 358.43−46.99
Cyprus424.36 → 381.08−43.28
Iceland473.97 → 435.90−38.08
North Macedonia392.67 → 358.52−34.15
Finland520.08 → 490.22−29.86

+ Spain

+ Jamaica

+ Jordan

+ Mongolia

+ Palestine

+ El Salvador

+ Uzbekistan

+ Vietnam

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 79 countries has every column.

05The files

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OECD (2022). PISA Reading Performance, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-reading/2022

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