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PISA Science Performance, 2018

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

PISA Science Performance, 2018 covers 71 countries. Singapore is highest, at 550.9369; Cambodia is lowest, at 330.2742. The middle country reads 462.1966. Against 2015, 59 values changed (21 up, 38 down), 12 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Science Performance · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

550.9369

LowestCambodia

330.2742

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 PISA Science 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 Science Performance, 2018: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia550.9369
2MacauMACEastern Asia543.5857
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe530.1080
4JapanJPNEastern Asia529.1354
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe521.8846
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia519.0073
7CanadaCANNorthern America517.9977
8Hong KongHKGEastern Asia516.6861
9TaiwanTWNEastern Asia515.7480
10PolandPOLEastern Europe511.0356
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand508.4907
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe507.0065
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe504.6675
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe503.3838
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe502.9889
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand502.9646
17United StatesUSANorthern America502.3800
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe499.4447
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe498.7731
20CzechiaCZEEastern Europe496.7913
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe496.1136
22SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe495.2763
23FranceFRAWestern Europe492.9771
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe492.6370
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe491.6773

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore550.9369
  2. 2Macau543.5857
  3. 3Estonia530.1080
  4. 4Japan529.1354
  5. 5Finland521.8846

Lowest

  1. 71Cambodia330.2742
  2. 70Dominican Republic335.6299
  3. 69Philippines356.9333
  4. 68Paraguay358.0264
  5. 67Panama364.6238

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 462.1966. “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
  • 21 · 38rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Georgia411.1315 → 382.6636−28.4679
  • Bulgaria445.7720 → 424.0736−21.6984
  • Taiwan532.3475 → 515.7480−16.5994
  • Kosovo378.4422 → 364.8824−13.5598
  • Italy480.5468 → 468.0117−12.5350
+ 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.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    OECD 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 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. The OECD’s own terms for its data: reuse, including commercial reuse, with the OECD credited as the source.

Cite this edition

OECD (2018). PISA Science Performance, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-science/2018

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07Questions

PISA Science Performance, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA science scores in PISA Science Performance, 2018?

Singapore, at 550.9369, of the 71 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Science Performance, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does PISA Science Performance, 2018 cover?

71.

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

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

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