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Harmonized Test Scores, 2020

Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 covers 172 countries. Singapore is highest, at 575.27; Niger is lowest, at 304.92. The middle country reads 414.32. Against 2018, 91 values changed (30 up, 61 down), 6 countries joined.

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Harmonized Test Scores · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

575.27

LowestNiger

304.92

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Harmonized Test Scores, 2020, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort

Harmonized Test Scores, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia575.27
2MacauMACEastern Asia560.61
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia548.63
4EstoniaESTNorthern Europe543.21
5JapanJPNEastern Asia537.72
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia537.21
7CanadaCANNorthern America534.00
8FinlandFINNorthern Europe533.71
9PolandPOLEastern Europe530.09
10IrelandIRLNorthern Europe521.33
11SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe520.81
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe520.36
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand519.75
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe519.63
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe519.36
16VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia519.10
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe517.88
18GermanyDEUWestern Europe517.28
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe516.81
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand515.69
21SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe515.14
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe513.59
23CzechiaCZEEastern Europe512.22
24United StatesUSANorthern America511.80
25FranceFRAWestern Europe510.26

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore575.27
  2. 2Macau560.61
  3. 3Hong Kong548.63
  4. 4Estonia543.21
  5. 5Japan537.72

Lowest

  1. 172Niger304.92
  2. 171Ghana307.28
  3. 170Mali307.36
  4. 169Nigeria309.02
  5. 168DR Congo310.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 414.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2020

Since 2018

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

  • +6 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 166 in both
  • 30 · 61rose · fell
  • 75unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Belarus+ Brunei+ Bhutan+ Central African Republic+ Fiji+ Uzbekistan

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.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 172 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: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2020). Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/harmonized-test-scores/2020

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07Questions

Harmonized Test Scores, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest harmonized test scores in Harmonized Test Scores, 2020?

Singapore, at 575.27, of the 172 countries in the file.

What year does Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 cover?

172.

Where can I download Harmonized Test Scores, 2020?

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

Is Harmonized Test Scores, 2020 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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