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PISA scores (15-year-olds)

Average OECD PISA score across reading, maths, and science for UK 15-year-olds.

495 score
-1.8% vs previous period

As of 2022

Historical trend

494 499 504 200920152022

Trend summary

England scored 494 in PISA 2022 Reading and 499 in Mathematics, above the OECD averages of 476 and 472 respectively.

Trend

  • England's PISA scores have been broadly stable across the 2009–2022 cycles.
  • PISA 2022 showed declines for most OECD participants following COVID-19 school disruption; England's declines were smaller than the OECD average.
  • England outperforms Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in all three PISA domains in 2022.

Context

  • PISA assesses 15-year-olds every three years; the 2022 cycle covered 81 education systems.
  • UK nations participate separately; figures here refer to England only.

Trend summary generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 5 December 2023. Contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.

OECD comparison

UK ranks #3 of 7 in the G7 (higher is better)

🇰🇷 South Korea
527 score
🇯🇵 Japan
520 score
🇨🇦 Canada
507 score
🇺🇸 United States
496 score
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
495 score
🇩🇪 Germany
475 score
🇫🇷 France
474 score

About this indicator

Source
OECD
Update frequency
Annual
Last updated
5 December 2023 Data may be out of date
Licence
OECD Terms
Rising trend is…
Positive

Statistics

Latest
495.0 score
Period high
504.0
Period low
494.0
Period average
499.0