PISA Science Performance, 2022

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PISA Science Performance, 2022: every country, as published by OECD.

Positionderived	Country	Mean science score
1	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	561.43
2	JapanJPNEastern Asia	546.63
3	MacauMACEastern Asia	543.10
4	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	537.38
5	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	527.82
6	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	525.81
7	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	520.42
8	CanadaCANNorthern America	515.02
9	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	510.96
10	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	507.00
11	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	504.13
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	503.85
13	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	502.52
14	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	499.96
15	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	499.67
16	United StatesUSANorthern America	499.41
17	PolandPOLEastern Europe	499.16
18	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	497.74
19	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	493.84
20	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	493.82
21	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	493.55
22	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	492.43
23	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	491.27
24	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	490.58
25	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	488.32

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 446.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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