country does best at reading, maths and science? The OECD's comprehensive world education ranking report, PISA, is out. Find out how each country compares Get the data Jessica Shepherd guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 December 2010 15.43 GMT larger | smaller World education rankings show how countries do atreading, maths and science. A pupil in a science lesson. Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian The world education rankings from the OECD are out. The UK is slipping down in maths, reading and science, and has been overtaken by Poland and Norway, this major study of 65 countries reveals today. Around 470,000 15-year-olds across the world sat a numeracy, literacy and science test last year, the results of which inform the latest Pisa study by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and s... http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-... 1 of 5 9/3/2011 10:26 AM PISA rankings within OECD. Illustration: Paul Scruton for the Guardian The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) is highly respected across the globe, and enables politicians and policy-makers to assess how different country's education systems compare. It shows the UK's reputation as one of the world's best for education is at risk, and has tumbled several places since 2006. The UK is ranked 25th for reading, 28th for maths and 16th for science. In 2006, when 57 countries were included in the study, it was placed 17th, 24th and 14th respectively. Poland has stretched ahead of the UK in maths, while Norway is now ranked higher in reading and maths. Andreas Shleicher, head of the Pisa programme, said the picture for the UK was "stagnant at best". "Many other countries have seen quite significant improvement," he added. World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and s... http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-... 2 of 5 9/3/2011 10:26 AM Download the data DATA: download the full spreadsheet World government data Search the world's government with our gateway Development and aid data Search the world's global development data with our gateway Can you do something with this data? Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group Contact us at data@guardian.co.uk Get the A-Z of data More at the Datastore directory Follow us on Twitter Data summary World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and s... http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-... 3 of 5 9/3/2011 10:26 AM World education ranking Click heading to sort Country Name Reading score Maths score Science score Green: above average Blue: average Red: below average Source: OECD, PISA 2009 Database Download this data OECD average 493 496 501 Shanghai-China 556 600 575 Korea-South 539 546 538 Finland 536 541 554 Hong Kong-China 533 555 549 Singapore 526 562 542 Canada 524 527 529 New Zealand 521 519 532 J apan 520 529 539 Australia 515 514 527 Netherlands 508 526 522 Belgium 506 515 507 Norway 503 498 500 Estonia 501 512 528 Switzerland 501 534 517 Poland 500 495 508 Iceland 500 507 496 United States 500 487 502 Liechtenstein 499 536 520 Sweden 497 494 495 Germany 497 513 520 Ireland 496 487 508 France 496 497 498 Chinese Taipei 495 543 520 Denmark 495 503 499 United Kingdom 494 492 514 Hungary 494 490 503 Portugal 489 487 493 Macao-China 487 525 511 Italy 486 483 489 Latvia 484 482 494 Slovenia 483 501 512 Greece 483 466 470 Spain 481 483 488 Czech Republic 478 493 500 Slovak Republic 477 497 490 Croatia 476 460 486 Israel 474 447 455 Luxembourg 472 489 484 Austria 470 496 494 Lithuania 468 477 491 Turkey 464 445 454 United Arab Emirates 459 453 466 World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and s... http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-... 4 of 5 9/3/2011 10:26 AM 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Russian Federation 459 468 478 Chile 449 421 447 Serbia 442 442 443 Bulgaria 429 428 439 Uruguay 426 427 427 Mexico 425 419 416 Romania 424 427 428 Thailand 421 419 425 Trinidad and Tobago 416 414 410 Colombia 413 381 402 Brazil 412 386 405 Montenegro 408 403 401 J ordan 405 387 415 Tunisia 404 371 401 Indonesia 402 371 383 Argentina 398 388 401 Kazakhstan 390 405 400 Albania 385 377 391 Qatar 372 368 379 Panama 371 360 376 Peru 370 365 369 Azerbaijan 362 431 373 Kyrgyzstan 314 331 330 Country Name Reading score Maths score Science score Green: above average Blue: average Red: below average Source: OECD, PISA 2009 Database Download this data World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and s... http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-... 5 of 5 9/3/2011 10:26 AM