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Harmonized test scores among all students

Name: Harmonized test scores among all students by country, 2020
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Harmonized test scores among all students league table
#	Country	score	Region	Income
1	Singapore	575.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	Macao SAR, China	560.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	548.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Estonia	543.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Japan	537.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Korea, Rep.	537.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Canada	534	North America	High income
8	Finland	533.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Poland	530.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Ireland	521.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Slovenia	520.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	United Kingdom	520.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	New Zealand	519.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Netherlands	519.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Sweden	519.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Viet Nam	519.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Denmark	517.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Germany	517.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Belgium	516.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Australia	515.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
21	Switzerland	515.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Norway	513.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Czechia	512.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	United States	511.8	North America	High income
25	France	510.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Portugal	508.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Austria	507.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Spain	506.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Latvia	503.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Cyprus	502.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Iceland	497.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Russian Federation	497.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Lithuania	495.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Hungary	495.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Italy	493	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Luxembourg	492.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Belarus	488.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Croatia	487.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Slovak Republic	485.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Israel	480.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
41	Ukraine	478.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Turkiye	478	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
43	Malta	474.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Uzbekistan	474.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
45	Mauritius	472.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
46	Greece	468.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Seychelles	463.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
48	Palau	463.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
49	Trinidad and Tobago	458.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Serbia	457.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
51	Gabon	456.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
52	Kenya	455	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Chile	452.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
54	Cambodia	451.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Bahrain	451.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
56	United Arab Emirates	448	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
57	Malaysia	445.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
58	Armenia	443	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Romania	442.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Bulgaria	441.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	China	441	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Eswatini	440.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Moldova	438.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Uruguay	437.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Brunei Darussalam	437.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
66	Montenegro	436.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	El Salvador	435.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Mongolia	434.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	Albania	434.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Iran, Islamic Rep.	432.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
71	Mexico	430.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Jordan	430	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
73	Costa Rica	428.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Qatar	427.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
75	Thailand	426.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Myanmar	424.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Oman	423.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Burundi	422.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Ecuador	420.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Kyrgyz Republic	420.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
81	Colombia	419	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	St. Lucia	417.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Kazakhstan	416.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	416.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Azerbaijan	415.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Peru	415	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	North Macedonia	413.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Brazil	413.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Senegal	412.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	West Bank and Gaza	412.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
91	Kiribati	411.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
92	St. Kitts and Nevis	409.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Guinea	408.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Argentina	408.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Antigua and Barbuda	407	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
96	Namibia	406.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Guatemala	405.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Dominica	403.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Burkina Faso	403.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Sri Lanka	400	South Asia	Upper middle income
101	Georgia	399.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Honduras	399.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
103	India	399	South Asia	Lower middle income
104	Saudi Arabia	399	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
105	Uganda	397.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Zimbabwe	396.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
107	Indonesia	394.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
108	Grenada	394.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Lesotho	392.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Comoros	392.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Nicaragua	392	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
112	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	391.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Botswana	391.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
114	Tajikistan	390.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
115	Lebanon	389.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
116	Tanzania	388.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Jamaica	387.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Bhutan	386.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
119	Tonga	386	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	Paraguay	385.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	Tunisia	384.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
122	Benin	383.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Togo	383.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	Kuwait	383.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
125	Fiji	383.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Morocco	380.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
127	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	379.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Sudan	379.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Cameroon	378.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Panama	376.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Marshall Islands	375	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
132	Algeria	374.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
133	Cote d'Ivoire	373.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Timor-Leste	371.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
135	Congo, Rep.	370.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Samoa	369.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Central African Republic	368.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Nepal	368.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
139	Bangladesh	368.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
140	Mozambique	368.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Lao PDR	368.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Iraq	363.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
143	Papua New Guinea	363.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
144	Philippines	361.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
145	Malawi	359.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Zambia	358.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Rwanda	358.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Egypt, Arab Rep.	356	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
149	Afghanistan	354.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
150	Gambia, The	352.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Madagascar	350.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Solomon Islands	350.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
153	Ethiopia	348.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Vanuatu	347.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
155	Naoero	346.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
156	Tuvalu	346.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
157	Guyana	346.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
158	Dominican Republic	345.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
159	South Africa	342.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
160	Mauritania	342.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Pakistan	338.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Haiti	337.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
163	South Sudan	335.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Chad	333.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Liberia	331.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Angola	326	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Yemen, Rep.	321.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
168	Sierra Leone	315.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Congo, Dem. Rep.	310.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Nigeria	309	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Mali	307.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Ghana	307.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Niger	304.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Harmonized test scores among all students