TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 8
Average mathematics score of eighth-grade students. TIMSS 2023 (IEA).
Source: TIMSS 2023 (IEA) Licence: IEA International Database — free for research and publication with citation Unit: IEA score Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗
Period: 2023 cycle. Method: Weighted mean of the five plausible values, as IEA estimates it. Left out, as in IEA's own ranking: NZL (did not satisfy minimum school participation rates); CIV (achievement could not be reliably estimated). Benchmarking participants are not countries and are not shown.
Avg (2023)
477.3
single period
Improving
0
of 41 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
41
±0.5pp band
Mean mathematics score, grade 8
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TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 8 — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Mean mathematics score, grade 8 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 605.3 |
| 2 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 602.4 |
| 3 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 596 |
| 4 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 594.6 |
| 5 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 574.7 |
| 6 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 521.7 |
| 7 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 518.2 |
| 8 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 517.3 |
| 9 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 513.6 |
| 10 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 512.1 |
| 11 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 508.7 |
| 12 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 508.6 |
| 13 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 506.1 |
| 14 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 503.8 |
| 15 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 500.6 |
| 16 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 500.6 |
| 17 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 499.3 |
| 18 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 495.7 |
| 19 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 493.8 |
| 20 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 488.5 |
| 21 | 🇺🇸 USA | 488 |
| 22 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 487.3 |
| 23 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 478.7 |
| 24 | 🇫🇷 France | 478.7 |
| 25 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 475.5 |
| 26 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 466.8 |
| 27 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 454.1 |
| 28 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 451.3 |
| 29 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 426.5 |
| 30 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 423.3 |
| 31 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 420.9 |
| 32 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 416 |
| 33 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 410.9 |
| 34 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 410.7 |
| 35 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 398.7 |
| 36 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 396.8 |
| 37 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 396.5 |
| 38 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 388.2 |
| 39 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 381.7 |
| 40 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 378 |
| 41 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 377.9 |