PISA Science Performance, 2012

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PISA Science Performance, 2012: every country, as published by OECD.

Positionderived	Country	Mean science score
1	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	554.94
2	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	551.49
3	JapanJPNEastern Asia	546.74
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	545.44
5	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	541.40
6	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	537.79
7	PolandPOLEastern Europe	525.82
8	CanadaCANNorthern America	525.44
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	524.12
10	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	523.31
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	522.06
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	522.00
13	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	521.49
14	MacauMACEastern Asia	520.57
15	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	515.64
16	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	515.30
17	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	514.14
18	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	514.13
19	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	508.30
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	505.78
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	504.87
22	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	502.19
23	FranceFRAWestern Europe	498.97
24	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	498.47
25	United StatesUSANorthern America	497.41

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 493.92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Austria+ Cyprus− Georgia− Moldova− Malta− Panama

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.

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