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PIRLS Reading, Grade 4

Average reading comprehension score of fourth-grade students; some countries tested at the start of grade 5 after pandemic delays, as IEA annotates. PIRLS 2021 (IEA).

Source: PIRLS 2021 (IEA) Licence: IEA International Database โ€” free for research and publication with citation Unit: IEA score Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source โ†—

Period: 2021 cycle. Method: Weighted mean of the five plausible values, as IEA estimates it. Benchmarking participants are not countries and are not shown.

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Avg (2021)
500.5
single period
Improving
0
of 53 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
53
ยฑ0.5pp band

Mean reading score, grade 4

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PIRLS Reading, Grade 4 โ€” full ranking

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53 entities, 2021. Highest first.
#EntityMean reading score, grade 4
1๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore587.1
2๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland577.3
3๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong, China572.8
4๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia567.1
5๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia556.6
6๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania552.2
7๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland549.3
8๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland549.1
9๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA547.5
10๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan543.8
11๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden543.5
12๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia540.1
13๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria539.9
14๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic539.7
15๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary539.4
16๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark539
17๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway538.8
18๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy537.2
19๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macao, China535.6
20๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria529.8
21๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovak Republic529.1
22๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia527.7
23๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands527.2
24๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany524
25๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand521.5
26๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain521.2
27๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal519.8
28๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia519.7
29๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta514.6
30๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France513.7
31๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia513.6
32๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania512.7
33๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus510.9
34๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel510.1
35๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan503.6
36๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey496.4
37๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia494
38๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro487.2
39๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar484.7
40๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE483.1
41๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain458.4
42๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia448.5
43๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia442.1
44๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan440.3
45๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan436.8
46๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman429.5
47๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo420.5
48๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil418.9
49๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran412.8
50๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan380.5
51๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt378.2
52๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco372.4
53๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa288.2

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