🎓 Countries with the best-performing students 1. 🇨🇳 China*: 579 2. 🇸🇬 Singapore: 553 3. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: 531 4. 🇲🇴 Macao: 530 5. 🇯🇵 Japan: 522 6. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 516 7. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 511 8. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 499 9. 🇬🇧 UK: 498 10. 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 495 11. 🇨🇦 Canada: 495 12. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 493 13. 🇦🇺 Australia: 493 14. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 490 15. 🇵🇱 Poland: 487 16. 🇺🇸 US: 485 17. 🇫🇮 Finland: 482 18. 🇦🇹 Austria: 480 19. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 479 20. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 478 21. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 476 22. 🇮🇹 Italy: 475 23. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 474 24. 🇩🇪 Germany: 472 25. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 472 26. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 470 27. 🇩🇰 Denmark: 470 28. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 468 29. 🇫🇷 France: 466 30. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 464 31. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 464 32. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 463 33. 🇪🇸 Spain: 462 34. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 461 35. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 458 36. 🇳🇴 Norway: 458 37. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 453 38. 🇦🇪 UAE: 448 39. 🇮🇸 Iceland: 438 40. 🇮🇱 Israel: 437 Average of maths, reading and science scores among 15-year-olds. *China represents only Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Source: OECD, PISA 2025 Results