PISA Science Score

Mean performance of 15-year-old students on the PISA science 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)
422.1
-9.4pp vs 2018
Improving
32
of 84 tracked
Declining
42
period over period
Stable
1
Β±0.5pp band

Mean science score (15-year-olds)

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2006–2022.

354.9391.5428.1464.7501.3 200620092012201520182022
EuropeAfricaAmericasAsia

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ Vietnam 472 +472.0pp
πŸ‡²πŸ‡³ Mongolia 412 +412.0pp
πŸ‡―πŸ‡² Jamaica 403 +403.0pp
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡» El Salvador 373 +373.0pp
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡Ή Guatemala 373 +373.0pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russia 0 -478.0pp
πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί Luxembourg 0 -477.0pp
πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Belarus 0 -471.0pp
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦ Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 -398.0pp
πŸ‡±πŸ‡§ Lebanon 0 -384.0pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Europe -3.9pp
Americas -8.0pp
Asia -10.3pp
Africa -12.0pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 38 467.3 -3.9pp
Asia 24 447 -10.3pp
Americas 16 412.9 -8.0pp
Africa 1 365 -12.0pp