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TIMSS Science, Grade 8

Average science 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.

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Avg (2023)
476.8
single period
Improving
0
of 41 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
41
±0.5pp band

Mean science score, grade 8

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TIMSS Science, Grade 8 — full ranking

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41 entities, 2023. Highest first.
#EntityMean science score, grade 8
1🇸🇬 Singapore606.2
2🇹🇼 Taiwan571.8
3🇯🇵 Japan557
4🇰🇷 South Korea545.4
5🇫🇮 Finland530.6
6🇹🇷 Turkey529.5
7🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China527.7
8🇨🇿 Czech Republic527.2
9🇮🇪 Ireland525
10🇭🇺 Hungary521.6
11🇸🇪 Sweden521.3
12🇦🇺 Australia520.2
13🇱🇹 Lithuania519.3
14🇺🇸 USA513.4
15🇦🇹 Austria511.7
16🇵🇹 Portugal505.6
17🇲🇹 Malta501.2
18🇮🇹 Italy500.7
19🇳🇴 Norway488.4
20🇦🇪 UAE486.3
21🇫🇷 France486.2
22🇶🇦 Qatar481.1
23🇮🇱 Israel480.5
24🇷🇴 Romania466.2
25🇨🇾 Cyprus464.3
26🇴🇲 Oman455.7
27🇨🇱 Chile455.2
28🇧🇭 Bahrain451.8
29🇬🇪 Georgia447.8
30🇰🇿 Kazakhstan442.7
31🇲🇾 Malaysia426.4
32🇧🇷 Brazil419.9
33🇰🇼 Kuwait419.7
34🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia419.1
35🇮🇷 Iran419
36🇯🇴 Jordan412.7
37🇦🇿 Azerbaijan411.4
38🇺🇿 Uzbekistan395.7
39🇵🇸 Palestine392.9
40🇿🇦 South Africa362.3
41🇲🇦 Morocco327

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