PISA reading score by country
United States: 504 in 2022, 6th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 8th of all 83 with data.
Highest: 
Singapore (543, 2022) · Lowest: 
Cambodia (329, 2022) · 83 countries and territories with data.
Average reading score of 15-year-old students in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The scale is set so that the OECD average is about 500.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 543 | 2022 |
| 2 |  Ireland | 516 | 2022 |
| 3 |  Japan | 516 | 2022 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 515 | 2022 |
| 5 |  Estonia | 511 | 2022 |
| 6 |  Macao | 510 | 2022 |
| 7 |  Canada | 507 | 2022 |
| 8 |  United States | 504 | 2022 |
| 9 |  New Zealand | 501 | 2022 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 500 | 2022 |
| 11 |  Australia | 498 | 2022 |
| 12 |  United Kingdom | 494 | 2022 |
| 13 |  Finland | 490 | 2022 |
| 14 |  Denmark | 489 | 2022 |
| 15 |  Poland | 489 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Czechia | 489 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 487 | 2022 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 483 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Italy | 482 | 2022 |
| 20 |  Austria | 480 | 2022 |
| 21 |  Germany | 480 | 2022 |
| 22 |  Belgium | 479 | 2022 |
| 23 |  Russia | 478 | 2018 |
| 24 |  Portugal | 477 | 2022 |
| 25 |  Norway | 476 | 2022 |
| 26 |  Croatia | 476 | 2022 |
| 27 |  Latvia | 475 | 2022 |
| 28 |  Spain | 474 | 2022 |
| 29 |  France | 474 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Belarus | 474 | 2018 |
| 31 |  Israel | 474 | 2022 |
| 32 |  Hungary | 473 | 2022 |
| 33 |  Lithuania | 472 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Luxembourg | 470 | 2018 |
| 35 |  Slovenia | 468 | 2022 |
| 36 |  Vietnam | 462 | 2022 |
| 37 |  Netherlands | 459 | 2022 |
| 38 |  Türkiye | 456 | 2022 |
| 39 |  Chile | 448 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Slovakia | 447 | 2022 |
| 41 |  Malta | 445 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Serbia | 440 | 2022 |
| 43 |  Greece | 438 | 2022 |
| 44 |  Iceland | 436 | 2022 |
| 45 |  Uruguay | 430 | 2022 |
| 46 |  Brunei | 429 | 2022 |
| 47 |  Romania | 428 | 2022 |
| 48 |  Ukraine | 428 | 2022 |
| 49 |  Qatar | 419 | 2022 |
| 50 |  United Arab Emirates | 417 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Mexico | 415 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Costa Rica | 415 | 2022 |
| 53 |  Moldova | 411 | 2022 |
| 54 |  Brazil | 410 | 2022 |
| 55 |  Jamaica | 410 | 2022 |
| 56 |  Colombia | 409 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Peru | 408 | 2022 |
| 58 |  Montenegro | 405 | 2022 |
| 59 |  Bulgaria | 404 | 2022 |
| 60 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403 | 2018 |
| 61 |  Argentina | 401 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Panama | 392 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Malaysia | 388 | 2022 |
| 64 |  Kazakhstan | 386 | 2022 |
| 65 |  Saudi Arabia | 383 | 2022 |
| 66 |  Cyprus | 381 | 2022 |
| 67 |  Thailand | 379 | 2022 |
| 68 |  Mongolia | 378 | 2022 |
| 69 |  Guatemala | 374 | 2022 |
| 70 |  Georgia | 374 | 2022 |
| 71 |  Paraguay | 373 | 2022 |
| 72 |  El Salvador | 365 | 2022 |
| 73 |  Indonesia | 359 | 2022 |
| 74 |  North Macedonia | 358 | 2022 |
| 75 |  Albania | 358 | 2022 |
| 76 |  Lebanon | 353 | 2018 |
| 77 |  Dominican Republic | 351 | 2022 |
| 78 |  West Bank and Gaza | 349 | 2022 |
| 79 |  Philippines | 346 | 2022 |
| 80 |  Jordan | 342 | 2022 |
| 81 |  Morocco | 339 | 2022 |
| 82 |  Uzbekistan | 336 | 2022 |
| 83 | Cambodia | 329 | 2022 |
Source: OECD, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), via Our World in Data. License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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