PISA Science Performance, 2015

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PISA Science Performance, 2015: every country, as published by OECD.

Positionderived	Country	Mean science score
1	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	555.57
2	JapanJPNEastern Asia	538.39
3	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	534.19
4	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	532.35
5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	530.66
6	MacauMACEastern Asia	528.55
7	CanadaCANNorthern America	527.70
8	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	523.28
9	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	515.81
10	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	513.30
11	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	512.86
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	509.99
13	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	509.22
14	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	509.14
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	508.57
16	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	505.51
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	502.58
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	502.00
19	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	501.94
20	PolandPOLEastern Europe	501.44
21	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	501.10
22	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	498.48
23	United StatesUSANorthern America	496.24
24	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	495.04
25	FranceFRAWestern Europe	494.98

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 478.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +6 / −4countries joined / left
• 54values changed, of 54 in both
• 17 · 37rose · fell
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+ 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.

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