PISA science score by country
United States: 499 in 2022, 12th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 15th of all 83 with data.
Highest: 
Singapore (561, 2022) · Lowest: 
Cambodia (347, 2022) · 83 countries and territories with data.
Average science 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 | 561 | 2022 |
| 2 |  Japan | 547 | 2022 |
| 3 |  Macao | 543 | 2022 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 528 | 2022 |
| 5 |  Estonia | 526 | 2022 |
| 6 |  Hong Kong | 520 | 2022 |
| 7 |  Canada | 515 | 2022 |
| 8 |  Finland | 511 | 2022 |
| 9 |  Australia | 507 | 2022 |
| 10 |  New Zealand | 504 | 2022 |
| 11 |  Ireland | 504 | 2022 |
| 12 |  Switzerland | 502 | 2022 |
| 13 |  Slovenia | 500 | 2022 |
| 14 |  United Kingdom | 500 | 2022 |
| 15 |  United States | 499 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Poland | 499 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Czechia | 498 | 2022 |
| 18 |  Denmark | 494 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Latvia | 494 | 2022 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 494 | 2022 |
| 21 |  Germany | 492 | 2022 |
| 22 |  Austria | 491 | 2022 |
| 23 |  Belgium | 491 | 2022 |
| 24 |  Netherlands | 488 | 2022 |
| 25 |  France | 487 | 2022 |
| 26 |  Hungary | 486 | 2022 |
| 27 |  Spain | 484 | 2022 |
| 28 |  Lithuania | 484 | 2022 |
| 29 |  Portugal | 484 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Croatia | 483 | 2022 |
| 31 |  Norway | 478 | 2022 |
| 32 |  Russia | 478 | 2018 |
| 33 |  Italy | 478 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Luxembourg | 477 | 2018 |
| 35 |  Türkiye | 476 | 2022 |
| 36 |  Vietnam | 472 | 2022 |
| 37 |  Belarus | 471 | 2018 |
| 38 |  Malta | 466 | 2022 |
| 39 |  Israel | 465 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Slovakia | 462 | 2022 |
| 41 |  Ukraine | 450 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Serbia | 448 | 2022 |
| 43 |  Iceland | 447 | 2022 |
| 44 |  Brunei | 446 | 2022 |
| 45 |  Chile | 444 | 2022 |
| 46 |  Greece | 441 | 2022 |
| 47 |  Uruguay | 435 | 2022 |
| 48 |  Qatar | 432 | 2022 |
| 49 |  United Arab Emirates | 432 | 2022 |
| 50 |  Romania | 428 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Kazakhstan | 423 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Bulgaria | 421 | 2022 |
| 53 |  Moldova | 417 | 2022 |
| 54 |  Malaysia | 416 | 2022 |
| 55 |  Mongolia | 412 | 2022 |
| 56 |  Colombia | 411 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Costa Rica | 411 | 2022 |
| 58 |  Cyprus | 411 | 2022 |
| 59 |  Mexico | 410 | 2022 |
| 60 |  Thailand | 409 | 2022 |
| 61 |  Peru | 408 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Argentina | 406 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Montenegro | 403 | 2022 |
| 64 |  Brazil | 403 | 2022 |
| 65 |  Jamaica | 403 | 2022 |
| 66 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 398 | 2018 |
| 67 |  Saudi Arabia | 390 | 2022 |
| 68 |  Panama | 388 | 2022 |
| 69 |  Georgia | 384 | 2022 |
| 70 |  Lebanon | 384 | 2018 |
| 71 |  Indonesia | 383 | 2022 |
| 72 |  North Macedonia | 380 | 2022 |
| 73 |  Albania | 376 | 2022 |
| 74 |  Jordan | 374 | 2022 |
| 75 |  El Salvador | 373 | 2022 |
| 76 |  Guatemala | 373 | 2022 |
| 77 |  West Bank and Gaza | 369 | 2022 |
| 78 |  Paraguay | 368 | 2022 |
| 79 |  Morocco | 365 | 2022 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic | 360 | 2022 |
| 81 |  Philippines | 356 | 2022 |
| 82 |  Uzbekistan | 355 | 2022 |
| 83 | Cambodia | 347 | 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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