PISA 2025 mathematics results cover 91 participating countries and economies. B-S-J-Z (China) recorded the highest reported mathematics mean at 612 points, followed by Singapore at 563, while the OECD average was 463. The table below orders every system with a published mathematics mean by its reported rounded score and also shows the reported change from PISA 2022 where a comparable value is available.
PISA 2025 Mathematics Scores and Score-Based Positions
Countries and economies are ordered from the highest to the lowest reported PISA 2025 mathematics mean score.
This is a score-based ordering, not an OECD official exact ordinal ranking. Positions are calculated from the rounded mathematics means published by the OECD. Systems with the same rounded score share the same position, with tied systems listed alphabetically. Sampling uncertainty means that small score differences between neighboring systems may not be statistically distinguishable.
Full PISA 2025 Mathematics Table
The change column reports the OECD-published score difference from PISA 2022 to PISA 2025 where a comparable value is available.
| Position by score | Country / economy | PISA 2025 math score | 2022→2025 change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S-J-Z (China) | 612 | — |
| 2 | Singapore | 563 | -12 |
| 3 | Macao (China) | 549 | -3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 546 | -1 |
| 5 | Japan | 525 | -10 |
| 6 | Hong Kong (China) | 522 | -19 |
| 6 | Korea | 522 | -5 |
| 8 | Estonia | 508 | -2 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 499 | -9 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 488 | -1 |
| 11 | Canada* | 485 | -12 |
| 12 | Poland | 484 | -5 |
| 13 | Netherlands* | 483 | -9 |
| 14 | Belgium | 480 | -10 |
| 14 | Ireland | 480 | -12 |
| 14 | New Zealand* | 480 | +1 |
| 17 | Australia | 478 | -10 |
| 18 | Austria | 477 | -10 |
| 18 | Czechia | 477 | -10 |
| 20 | Denmark | 471 | -19 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 470 | -5 |
| 22 | Finland | 469 | -15 |
| 22 | Slovak Republic | 469 | +5 |
| 24 | Italy | 468 | -3 |
| 25 | Germany | 464 | -11 |
| 25 | Sweden | 464 | -18 |
| 27 | United States* | 463 | -2 |
| 28 | Türkiye | 462 | +8 |
| 29 | Latvia | 460 | -23 |
| 29 | Portugal | 460 | -12 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 460 | -25 |
| 32 | Hungary | 459 | -13 |
| 33 | France | 458 | -16 |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 458 | — |
| 35 | Spain | 457 | -16 |
| 36 | Croatia | 455 | -8 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 453 | +21 |
| 38 | Norway* | 452 | -17 |
| 39 | Iceland | 450 | -9 |
| 40 | Viet Nam | 443 | — |
| 41 | Malta | 439 | -27 |
| 42 | Brunei Darussalam | 435 | -7 |
| 43 | Albania* | 433 | — |
| 43 | Israel | 433 | -25 |
| 45 | Ukrainian regions (17 of 27) | 431 | -9 |
| 46 | Greece | 424 | -6 |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 422 | — |
| 48 | Mongolia | 419 | -6 |
| 48 | Romania | 419 | -9 |
| 50 | Serbia | 417 | -23 |
| 51 | Georgia | 416 | +26 |
| 51 | Qatar | 416 | +2 |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 414 | -12 |
| 54 | Cyprus | 412 | -7 |
| 55 | Montenegro | 411 | +5 |
| 56 | Moldova | 410 | -4 |
| 57 | Mauritius | 407 | — |
| 57 | Thailand | 407 | +13 |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 405 | -12 |
| 59 | Uruguay | 405 | -4 |
| 61 | Chile | 403 | -9 |
| 62 | Malaysia | 397 | -11 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 390 | +1 |
| 64 | Jordan | 388 | +26 |
| 64 | Mexico | 388 | -7 |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 387 | +3 |
| 67 | Dushanbe (Tajikistan) | 382 | — |
| 67 | Peru | 382 | -9 |
| 69 | Colombia | 381 | -2 |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 380 | -9 |
| 71 | Brazil | 377 | -2 |
| 71 | Lebanon | 377 | — |
| 73 | Armenia | 376 | — |
| 74 | Philippines | 371 | +16 |
| 75 | Argentina | 367 | -11 |
| 76 | Cambodia | 366 | +29 |
| 76 | Ecuador | 366 | — |
| 78 | Indonesia | 364 | -2 |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 364 | — |
| 80 | Morocco | 355 | -10 |
| 81 | Palestinian Authority | 354 | -18 |
| 82 | Kosovo | 350 | -5 |
| 83 | El Salvador | 346 | +3 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 339 | 0 |
| 84 | Kurdistan Region (Iraq) | 339 | — |
| 86 | Guatemala | 334 | -10 |
| 86 | Paraguay | 334 | -4 |
| 88 | Kenya | 326 | — |
| 89 | Zambia | 314 | — |
| 90 | Rwanda | 312 | — |
| — | Uzbekistan | — | — |
OECD average: 463 points, with a reported 2022→2025 change of -9 points. An em dash means that the relevant mean or comparable change is not reported in the OECD snapshot. Uzbekistan participated in PISA 2025, but its mathematics mean is marked as missing in the official table and is therefore not assigned a score-based position.
* OECD advises caution when interpreting estimates for Albania, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States because one or more PISA sampling standards were not met.
- The highest reported mathematics mean was 612 in B-S-J-Z (China), 49 points above Singapore and 149 points above the rounded OECD average.
- Six of the first seven score-based positions are occupied by East Asian countries or economies; Korea and Hong Kong (China) share the sixth position at 522.
- The table contains many ties after rounding. A tied rounded score should not be interpreted as proof that the underlying estimates are identical, just as a small difference between two displayed means does not establish a statistically significant difference.
The Largest Mathematics Score Moves Since PISA 2022
The latest score level and the direction of change answer different questions. A system can move upward between cycles while remaining lower in the 2025 score ordering, or decline while still retaining a relatively high mean.
Five Largest Increases and Five Largest Declines, 2022–2025
Score-point changes among systems included in the OECD comparison of countries and economies with comparable results in all three core subjects.
Source: OECD PISA 2025 Results, Table I.2.6 and Tables I.B1.2a.36–38. The chart selects the five largest mathematics increases and five largest mathematics declines within the OECD table of systems comparable between 2022 and 2025 in all three core domains. It does not imply that score change alone explains differences in education-system performance.
- Among the 74 systems included in the OECD’s three-domain comparable set, 38 recorded a lower mathematics mean in 2025 than in 2022.
- The largest reported increases in that comparison were Cambodia at +29 points, Georgia and Jordan at +26 each, the United Arab Emirates at +21 and the Philippines at +16.
- The OECD identified mathematics declines exceeding 20 points in Israel, Latvia, Malta, Serbia and Slovenia. These declines coexist with very different 2025 score levels, illustrating why current position and recent movement should be read separately.
The OECD Average Fell, but the Decline Was Not Even Across the Distribution
The 2025 mathematics results contain more information than a single national mean or ranking position.
The OECD reports that the mathematics decline was more pronounced among lower-achieving students than among higher-achieving students. While the average mathematics mean across 35 comparable OECD countries fell by about nine points, the decline was about seven points at the 75th percentile and five points at the 90th percentile. The distance between the 10th and 90th percentiles consequently widened by about eight points. In country-level analysis, a change in the mean therefore should not automatically be assumed to describe every part of the student performance distribution equally.
How to Interpret PISA 2025 Mathematics Rankings
The OECD flags Albania, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States with an asterisk in PISA 2025 because one or more sampling standards were not met. Their published estimates are retained in the table, but comparisons involving these systems should be interpreted with the OECD’s stated caution.
Sources and Methodology
All primary scores and cycle-change values on this page are based on official OECD PISA 2025 publications and tables.
Official first volume of the PISA 2025 results, published by the OECD.
PISA 2025 Results (Volume I)Official chapter containing the 2025 mean scores, short-term change analysis, distribution findings and interpretation of mathematics performance.
OECD Student Performance in PISA 2025Table I.B1.2a.3 provides mean score and variation in mathematics performance. Table I.B1.2a.38 provides the mathematics performance series used for cycle comparisons.
OECD Annex B1 Results for Countries and EconomiesOfficial interactive presentation of PISA 2025 mean scores and the OECD sampling caution attached to flagged systems.
OECD PISA Student ScoresOfficial OECD database for PISA 2025 data and supporting files.
OECD PISA 2025 DatabaseMethodological guidance for interpreting country and economy labels, estimates, sampling cautions and statistical comparisons.
OECD PISA 2025 Reader’s Guide- The mathematics mean comes from the OECD PISA 2025 snapshot and Table I.B1.2a.3.
- The OECD average of 463 is a benchmark and is not counted as a participating country or economy.
- Score-based positions were calculated from the OECD’s published rounded mathematics means, with equal displayed scores assigned the same position.
- The 2022→2025 column uses OECD-published score differences where the OECD reports a comparable observation; missing or unavailable comparisons are shown with an em dash.
- Position numbers are descriptive calculations for navigation and comparison. They should not be interpreted as OECD confidence-interval rankings or as proof that neighboring systems differ statistically.
- The page preserves OECD reporting entities such as B-S-J-Z (China), Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Ukrainian regions (17 of 27), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and the Kurdistan Region (Iraq) rather than replacing them with broader geographic labels.