PISA Mathematics Score

Mean performance of 15-year-old students on the PISA mathematics scale (OECD average anchored near 500). Triennial waves.

Source: PISA international student assessment (via OWID) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: PISA score Parsed: 2026-07-13 Open source β†—

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Avg (2022)
413.1
-19.4pp vs 2018
Improving
10
of 84 tracked
Declining
64
period over period
Stable
1
Β±0.5pp band

Mean mathematics score (15-year-olds)

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2006–2022.

353.7389.3425460.7496.4 200620092012201520182022
EuropeAfricaAmericasAsia

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ Vietnam 469 +469.0pp
πŸ‡²πŸ‡³ Mongolia 425 +425.0pp
πŸ‡―πŸ‡² Jamaica 377 +377.0pp
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ Palestine 366 +366.0pp
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώ Uzbekistan 364 +364.0pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russia 0 -488.0pp
πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί Luxembourg 0 -483.0pp
πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Belarus 0 -472.0pp
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦ Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 -406.0pp
πŸ‡±πŸ‡§ Lebanon 0 -393.0pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Africa -3.0pp
Asia -14.8pp
Europe -15.6pp
Americas -18.7pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 38 460.4 -15.6pp
Asia 24 443.6 -14.8pp
Americas 16 387 -18.7pp
Africa 1 365 -3.0pp