Pisa tests: Top 40 for maths and reading
- Published
The OECD's Pisa rankings compare the test results of 15 year olds in countries and regional education systems.
The latest results, published in 2013 from tests taken in 2012, showed that the highest performers were in Asian countries.
It showed the UK failing to make progress on previous tests and there was more attention for Shanghai's top results.
It raised questions about the long hours of study in countries such as South Korea and showed how the global education map is changing.
Here are the top 20 countries for English and maths:
Reading top 40
1. Shanghai (China)
2. Hong Kong (China)
3. Singapore
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. Finland
7. Ireland
8. Taiwan
9. Canada
10. Poland
11. Estonia
12. Liechtenstein
13. New Zealand
14. Australia
15. Netherlands
16. Belgium
17. Switzerland
18. Macao (China)
19. Vietnam
20. Germany
21. France
22. Norway
23. United Kingdom
24. United States
25. Denmark
26. Czech Republic
27. Italy
28. Austria
29. Latvia
30. Hungary
31. Spain
32. Luxembourg
33. Portugal
34. Israel
35. Croatia
36. Sweden
37. Iceland
38. Slovenia
39. Lithuania
40. Greece
Maths top 40
1. Shanghai (China)
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong (China)
4. Taiwan
5. South Korea
6. Macao (China)
7. Japan
8. Liechtenstein
9. Switzerland
10. Netherlands
11. Estonia
12. Finland
13. Canada
14. Poland
15. Belgium
16. Germany
17. Vietnam
18. Austria
19. Australia
20. Ireland
21. Slovenia
22. Denmark
23. New Zealand
24. Czech Republic
25. France
26. United Kingdom
27. Iceland
28 Latvia
29. Luxembourg
30. Norway
31. Portugal
32. Italy
33. Spain
34. Russian Federation
35. Slovak Republic
36. United States
37. Lithuania
38. Sweden
39. Hungary
40. Croatia
- Published27 November 2013
