Europe: PISA results by category 2018

Estonia was the European country which had the highest score in all three categories of the OECD's PISA test of 2018, with a score of 523 in reading, 523 in mathematics and 530 in Science. The European country with the lowest score in PISA overall and in every category was Kosovo.

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results in selected European countries in 2018, by category

Characteristic	Reading	Mathematics	Science
Estonia	523	523	530
Finland	520	507	522
Poland	512	516	511
Ireland	518	500	496
United Kingdom	504	502	505
Slovenia	495	509	507
Netherlands	485	519	503
Sweden	506	502	499
Denmark	501	509	493
Germany	498	500	503
Belgium	493	508	499
Switzerland	484	515	495
Norway	499	501	490
Czechia	490	499	497
France	493	495	493
Portugal	492	492	492
Austria	484	499	490
Latvia	479	496	487
Russia	479	488	478
Iceland	474	495	475
Lithuania	476	481	482
Hungary	476	481	481
Italy	476	487	468
Luxembourg	470	483	477
Belarus	474	472	471
Croatia	479	464	472
Slovakia	458	486	464
Ukraine	466	453	469
Turkey	466	454	468
Malta	448	472	457
Greece	457	451	452
Serbia	439	448	440
Romania	428	430	426
Bulgaria	420	436	424
Moldova	424	421	428
Montenegro	421	430	415
Albania	405	437	417
Bosnia and Herzegovina	403	406	398
North Macedonia	393	394	413
Kosovo	353	366	365

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Release date

December 2019

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2018

Age group

15 years old

Supplementary notes

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial survey of 15-year-old students that assesses the extent to which they have acquired the key knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society. The assessment focuses on proficiency in reading, mathematics, science and an innovative domain (in 2018, the innovative domain was global competence), and on students’ well-being.
Some 600 000 students completed the assessment in 2018, representing about 32 million 15-year-olds in the schools of the 79 participating countries and economies.

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