TIMSS Science, Grade 4
Average science score of fourth-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: COT (in the database but not reported in IEA's results). Benchmarking participants are not countries and are not shown.
Avg (2023)
493.6
single period
Improving
0
of 55 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
55
±0.5pp band
Mean science score, grade 4
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TIMSS Science, Grade 4 — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Mean science score, grade 4 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 607.4 |
| 2 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 583.3 |
| 3 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 572.6 |
| 4 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 570.1 |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 554.8 |
| 6 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 549.8 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 549.5 |
| 8 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 545.2 |
| 9 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 542.1 |
| 10 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 536.9 |
| 11 | 🇲🇴 Macao, China | 535.8 |
| 12 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 532.5 |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 USA | 532.4 |
| 14 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 531.9 |
| 15 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 530.4 |
| 16 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 529.6 |
| 17 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 526.2 |
| 18 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 525.8 |
| 19 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 525.6 |
| 20 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 525.5 |
| 21 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 524.2 |
| 22 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 522.1 |
| 23 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 521.1 |
| 24 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 520.6 |
| 25 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 517.1 |
| 26 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 516.9 |
| 27 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 515.5 |
| 28 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 510.6 |
| 29 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 510.6 |
| 30 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 509.9 |
| 31 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 504 |
| 32 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 494.9 |
| 33 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 490.6 |
| 34 | 🇫🇷 France | 488.1 |
| 35 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 487 |
| 36 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 479.3 |
| 37 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 475 |
| 38 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 472.1 |
| 39 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 466.5 |
| 40 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 465 |
| 41 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 460.7 |
| 42 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 457.3 |
| 43 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 448.3 |
| 44 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 438.6 |
| 45 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 432.6 |
| 46 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 432.1 |
| 47 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 427.6 |
| 48 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 425 |
| 49 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 421.6 |
| 50 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 417.7 |
| 51 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 411.9 |
| 52 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 403.1 |
| 53 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 390.2 |
| 54 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 373.3 |
| 55 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 307.9 |