Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
{{Short description|Study of international math and science skills}}
{{Update|reason=TIMSS 2023 results were released earlier this month.|date=December 2024}}
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The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)'s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS){{Cite web |title=TIMSS and PIRLS Home |url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206005353/http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/ |archive-date=Feb 6, 2024 |website=timssandpirls.bc.edu}} is a series of international assessments of the mathematics and science knowledge of students around the world. The participating students come from a diverse set of educational systems (countries or regional jurisdictions of countries) in terms of economic development, geographical location, and population size. In each of the participating educational systems, a minimum of 4,000 to 5,000 students is evaluated. Contextual data about the conditions in which participating students learn mathematics and science are collected from the students and their teachers, their principals, and their parents via questionnaires.{{cite web|title= About TIMSS 2023|url=https://timss2023.org/|publisher= TIMSS International Study Center|access-date=2 June 2025}}
TIMSS is one of the studies established by IEA aimed at allowing educational systems worldwide to compare students' educational achievement and learn from the experiences of others in designing effective education policy. This assessment was first conducted in 1995, and has been administered every four years thereafter. Therefore, some of the participating educational systems have trend data across assessments from 1995 to 2023.{{cite web|title=TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/|access-date=15 December 2016}} TIMSS assesses 4th and 8th grade students, while TIMSS Advanced assesses students in the final year of secondary school in advanced mathematics and physics.
Definition of terms
"Eighth grade" in the United States is approximately 13–14 years of age and equivalent to:
- Year 9 (Y9) in England and Wales
- 2nd Year (S2) in Scotland
- 2nd Year in the Republic of Ireland
- 1st Year in South Africa
- Form 2 in Hong Kong
- 4ème in France
- Year 9 in New Zealand
- Form 2 in Malaysia
"Fourth grade" in the United States is approximately equivalent to 9–10 years of age and equivalent to:
- Year 5 (Y5) in England and Wales
- Primary 6 (P6) in Scotland
- Group 6 in the Netherlands
- CM1 in France
- Fourth Class in the Republic of Ireland
- Standard 3 or Year 5 in New Zealand
History
A precursor to TIMSS was the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS) performed in 1964 in 11 countries for students aged 13 and in the final year of secondary education (FS) under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). This was followed in 1970–1971 by the First International Science Study (FISS) for students aged 10, 14, and FS. Fourteen countries tested 10-year-olds; 16 countries tested the older two groups. These were replicated between 1980 and 1984.Hanushek and Woessmann (2015, Table 2.1, p. 18).
These early studies were revised and combined by the IEA to create TIMSS, which was first administered in 1995. It was the largest international student assessment study of its time and evaluated students in five grades. In the second cycle (1999) only eighth-grade students were tested. In the next cycles (2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015) both 4th and 8th grade students were assessed. The 2011 cycle was performed in the same year as the IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), offering a comprehensive assessment of mathematics, science and reading for the countries participating in both studies. The sixth cycle was conducted in 2015, and the results were released in 2016;{{cite web|title= TIMSS 2015 and TIMSS Advanced 2015 International Results|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2015/international-results/|publisher= TIMSS International Study Center|access-date=15 December 2016}} the data set was published in February 2017. TIMSS 2015 included data collected from parents for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2011/countries.html|title=TIMSS 2011 Participating Countries|access-date=21 Nov 2016}} TIMSS Advanced, previously conducted in 1995 and 2008, was also conducted in 2015, and assessed final-year secondary students' achievement in advanced mathematics and physics. Policy-relevant data about curriculum emphasis, technology use, and teacher preparation and training accompanies the TIMSS Advanced results.
The seventh cycle of TIMSS was conducted in 2019 and marked the beginning of the transition to a digital assessment format, with the digital assessment administered to half of participating countries, and the paper assessment administered to the remaining half. 64 countries and 8 benchmarking systems participating in TIMSS 2019. Results were released in December 2020.{{cite web|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/|title=TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science|access-date=3 May 2021}}
Method, data and documentation
Along with the overall students' achievement data, TIMSS comprehensive assessments include data on student performance in various mathematics and science domains (algebra, geometry, biology, chemistry, etc.) and on performance in the problem solving challenges in each of these contexts. In addition, TIMSS provides contextual data on crucial curricular, instructional, and resource-related factors that can impact the teaching and learning process. These data are gathered using student, teacher, school, and curriculum (national) questionnaires filled out by students, teachers, school principals and National Research Coordinators, respectively.
According to the TIMSS 2019 Assessment Frameworks, "The TIMSS mathematics and science achievement scales were created with the first TIMSS assessment in 1995, separately for each subject and each grade. The scale units were established so that 100 points on the scale was equivalent to one standard deviation of the distribution of achievement across all of the countries that participated in TIMSS 1995, and the scale midpoint of 500 was located at the mean of this international achievement distribution. The TIMSS achievement scales were first used for reporting TIMSS results with TIMSS 1995, and all results from subsequent TIMSS assessments have been reported on the same scale metrics, making it possible to measure growth or decline in countries' achievement distributions from assessment to assessment."{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2019 Assessment Frameworks|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/frameworks/framework-chapters/assessment-design/reporting-student-achievement/|publisher=TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center|access-date=3 May 2021}}
Because TIMSS is administered in four-year cycles, it enables participating counties to use the results between the fourth and eighth grades to track the changes in achievement and certain background factors from an earlier study. For example, results of the fourth grade in TIMSS 1995 can be compared with the results of the eighth grade in TIMSS 1999, as fourth graders had become eighth graders in the next cycle of study.{{cite web|title=Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement from a U.S. Perspective, 1995 and 1999|url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001028.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of Education|access-date=4 May 2013|page=2|date=December 2000}}
The collected information is presented in different formats. For example, for TIMSS 2019 the results are presented as TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science TIMSS 2019 International Results in Mathematics and Science.{{cite web | url=https://timss2019.org/reports/ | title=TIMSS 2019 International Reports – TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College }} The TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia{{cite web | url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/encyclopedia/ | title=TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia }} provides an overview of how mathematics and science are taught in each participating country. Methods and Procedures: TIMSS 2019 Technical Report{{cite web | url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/methods/index.html | title=Methods and Procedures in TIMSS 2019 }} documents the development of the TIMSS assessments and questionnaires, and describes the methods used. The TIMSS 2019 User Guide for the International Database describes the content and format of the data in the TIMSS 2019 International Database{{cite web | url=https://timss2019.org/international-database/ | title=TIMSS 2019 International Database }}
The IEA has developed an application for working with data from TIMSS and other IEA large-scale assessments called the IEA International Database (IDB) Analyzer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iea.nl/data-tools/tools|title=Tools | IEA.nl|website=www.iea.nl}} This application allows researchers to combine data files and facilitates some types of statistical analysis (such as computing means, percentages, percentiles, correlations, and estimating single level multiple linear regression). The application takes into account the complex sample structure of the databases when calculating the statistics and their standard errors. It also allows researchers to estimate achievement scores and their standard errors.
For an overview of the IEA study results and interpretation of information, see IEA's Data Visualizer.{{cite web|title=Data Visualizer|url=http://data-visualizer.iea.nl}}
Cycles
= TIMSS 2023 =
TIMSS 2023 was the eight cycle of TIMSS and reported overall achievement as well as results according to international benchmarks, by major content domains (number, algebra, and geometry in mathematics, and earth science, biology, and chemistry in science) and by cognitive domains (knowing, applying, reasoning).{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2023 Assessment Frameworks|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2023/frameworks/|access-date=2 June 2025|website=www.timssandpirls.bc.edu}} TIMSS 2023 collected detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation of participating countries and published this information the TIMSS 2023 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science.{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2023 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/encyclopedia/index.html|access-date=3 May 2021|website=www.timssandpirls.bc.edu}}
TIMSS 2023 results are summarized in TIMSS 2023 International Results in Mathematics and Science.{{cite web| title=TIMSS 2023 International Results in Mathematics and Science|url=https://timss2023.org/results/|access-date=2 June 2025|website=www.timssandpirls.bc.edu}}".This detailed report presents achievement and contextual data from participating countries and benchmarking entities. The TIMSS 2023 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science describes various features of the education systems in each participating country, including the mathematics and science curriculum, professional development requirements for teachers, and methods of monitoring student progress in mathematics and science. Each country's "chapter" in the encyclopedia was authored by that country's TIMSS representative.
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2023 Mathematics Grade 8|url=https://timss2023.org/results/math-achievement/|access-date=2 June 2025|website=timss2023.org|language=en-US}} | |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change | |
|---|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |605 |{{sort | |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} | |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |602 |{{sort | |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} | |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |596 |{{sort | |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 point}} | |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |595 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 points}} | |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |575 |{{sort | |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} | |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |525 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} | |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |522 |{{sort | |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 point}} | |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czechia}} |518 |N/A | |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |517 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} | |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |514 |{{sort | |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} | |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |512 |N/A | |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |509 |{{sort | |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} | |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |509 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} | |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |506 |{{sort | |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} | |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |504 |{{sort | |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} | |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |501 |{{sort | |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} | |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |501 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} | |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} | |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |499 |N/A | |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |496 |{{sort|17|{{increase}}17 points}} | |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |494 |{{sort | |
| 7|{{decrease}}7 points}} | |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |489 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} | |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |488 |{{sort | |
| 27|{{decrease}}27 points}} | |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NZ}} |485 |{{sort | |
| 14|{{decrease}}14 points}} | |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Israel}} |487 |{{sort | |
| 32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} | |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} |479 |N/A | |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |479 |{{sort | |
| 4|{{decrease}}4 points}} | |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |475 |{{sort | |
| 25|{{decrease}} 25 points}} | |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |467 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} | |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |454 |{{sort | |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} | |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |451 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} | |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |426 |{{sort | |
| 55|{{decrease}} 55 points}} | |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |423 |{{sort | |
| 23|{{decrease}} 23 points}} | |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} |421 |NA | |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |416 |{{sort | |
| 25|{{decrease}} 25points}} | |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |411 |{{sort|0}} | |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |411 |{{sort | |
| 50|{{decrease}} 50 points}} | |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kuwait}} |399 |{{sort | |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} | |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |397 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} | |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |397 |{{sort | {{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |388 |{{sort|32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} | |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |382 |N/A | |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Brazil}} |378 |N/A | |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |388 |{{sort|10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} | |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}} |263 |N/A | |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |546 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 9 points}} | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Sharjah}} Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) |499 |NA | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |454 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
|-
|}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2023 Science Grade 8|url=https://timss2023.org/results/science-achievement/|access-date=2 June 2025|website=timss2023.org|language=en-US}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |606 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |572 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |557 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 point}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |545 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |531 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 point}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |531 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}}13 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |530 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |528 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czechia}} |527 |NA |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |525 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |522 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |521 |{{sort|0|0 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |520 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |519 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |513 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |512 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |506 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NZ}} |502 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 point}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |501 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |501 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |488 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |486 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |486 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}}3 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |481 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Israel}} |481 |{{sort |
| 32|{{decrease}}32 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |466 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |475 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |456 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |455 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |452 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |448 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |443 |{{sort |
| 35|{{decrease}} 35 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |426 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Brazil}} |420 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |420 |{{sort |
| 24|{{decrease}} 324 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |419 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |419 |{{sort |
| 30|{{decrease}} 30 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |413 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} |411 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} |396 |N/A |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |393 |N/A |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |362 |{{sort|8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |327 |{{sort |
| 67|{{decrease}} 67 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |186 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |547 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Sharjah}} Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) |499 |{{sort |
| 23|{{decrease}} 23 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |443 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2019 Mathematics Grade 4|url=https://timss2019.org/reports/average-achievement-and-scale-score-distributions-m4/|access-date=20 December 2021|website=timss2019.org|language=en-US}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |615 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |607 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |594 |N/A |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |594 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |591 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}}2 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Macao}} |582 |N/A |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |561 |{{sort|19|{{increase}} 19 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |553 |{{sort|30|{{increase}} 30 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |552 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 point}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |546 |{{sort|26|{{increase}}26 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |546 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Romania}} |542 |N/A |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |537 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LAT}} |534 |{{sort|12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |531 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |530 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |530 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |530 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |529 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |525 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |524 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |524 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |523 |{{sort|15|{{increase}}15 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}}(Flemish) |521 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}}11 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |520 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 point}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |517 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry| United States}} |517 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 point}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |516 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Slovakia}} |515 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Slovenia}} |514 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |513 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Armenia}} |513 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 point}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Albania}} |512 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |504 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |498 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}} |498 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Georgia}} |498 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|AZE}} |494 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|New Zealand}} |490 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}}(French) |487 |N/A |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |487 |{{sort |
| 25|{{decrease}} 25 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |484 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Montenegro}} |477 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia}} |474 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |464 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |462 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 points}} |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kosovo}} |451 |{{sort |
| 7|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIZ}} |447 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |444 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} |443 |N/A |
| 51
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |427 |N/A |
| 52
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |421 |{{sort|10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 53
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Iran}} |420 |{{sort|23|{{decrease}} 23 points}} |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |420 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 55
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Brazil}} |400 |N/A |
| 56
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |393 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 57
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kuwait}} |382 |{{sort|1|{{decrease}} 1 points}} |
| 58
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |362 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |557 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |515 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Sharjah}} Sharjah (UAE) |504 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |503 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}}9 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |459 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2019 Science Grade 4|url=https://timss2019.org/reports/average-achievement-and-scale-score-distributions-s4/|access-date=20 December 2021|website=timss2019.org|language=en-US}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |607 | |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |583 | |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |573 | |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |570 | |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |556 | |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |555 | |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |550 | |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |550 | |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |545 | |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |542 | |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |537 | |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Macao}} |536 | |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |533 | |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |532 | |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |532 | |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Norway}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |530 | |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |530 | |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Romania}} |526 | |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |526 | |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Slovenia}} |526 | |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |526 | |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |524 | |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |522 | |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |521 | |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |521 | |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |NZ |517 | |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |517 | |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |515 | |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |511 | |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |511 | |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |510 | |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |504 | |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |495 | |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Albania}} |491 | |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |599 |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |488 | |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |487 | |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}}(French) |481 | |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |479 | |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |475 | |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |472 | |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |467 | |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |465 | |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Montenegro}} |461 | |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Armenia}} |457 | |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIZ}} |448 | |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia}} |439 | |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |433 | |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Iran}} |432 | |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |429 | |
| 51
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Brazil}} |425 | |
| 52
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|AZE}} |422 | |
| 53
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |418 | |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} |412 | |
| 55
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kosovo}} |403 | |
| 56
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |390 | |
| 57
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kuwait}} |373 | |
| 58
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |308 | |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |562 | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |525 | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |508 | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Sharjah}} Sharjah (UAE) |503 | |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |446 | |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=fifthb|Fifth grade students}}}}
= TIMSS 2019 =
TIMSS 2019 marked the transition to a digital assessment format, allowing for new and innovative item types. In the digital assessment, students solved problems by interacting with shapes and patterns, arranging items on the screen, dragging and dropping items, and drawing. The digital version of TIMSS 2019 also introduced Problem Solving and Inquiry tasks that simulated real-world and laboratory situations and called for students to integrate and apply process skills and content knowledge. Half of the participating countries took the paper version of TIMSS and half of the participating countries took the digital version of TIMSS.
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2019 Mathematics Grade 8|url=https://timss2019.org/reports/average-achievement-and-scale-score-distributions-m8/|access-date=20 December 2021|website=timss2019.org|language=en-US}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |616 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |612 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |607 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |594 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |578 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |543 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |524 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |520 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |519 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |517 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |517 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |515 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |515 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |509 |N/A |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |503 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |503 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |501 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |500 |N/A |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |497 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |496 |{{sort|38|{{increase}} 38 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |488 |{{sort |
| 40|{{decrease}} 40 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |483 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |482 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |481 |{{sort|27|{{increase}} 27 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |479 |N/A |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |473 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |461 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |461 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |446 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |443 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |441 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |429 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |420 |{{sort|34|{{increase}} 34 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |413 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |411 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |403 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |394 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |389 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |388 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Moscow}} Moscow (Russia) |575 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |543 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |537 |{{sort|25|{{increase}} 25 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |530 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Western Cape}} Western Cape (South Africa){{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |441 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |436 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Gauteng}} Gauteng (South Africa){{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |421 |N/A |
|-
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=TIMSS 2019 Science Grade 8|url=https://timss2019.org/reports/average-achievement-and-scale-score-distributions-s8/|access-date=2 June 2022|website=timss2019.org|language=en-US}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |608 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |574 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |570 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |561 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |543 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |543 |N/A |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |534 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |530 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |528 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |523 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |522 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |521 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |519 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |517 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |515 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |513 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |504 |{{sort |
| 42|{{decrease}} 42 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |500 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |499 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |495 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |489 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |486 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |484 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |478 |{{sort |
| 55|{{decrease}} 55 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |475 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |473 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |470 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |462 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |460 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |457 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |452 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |449 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |447 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |444 |{{sort|33|{{increase}} 33 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |431 |{{sort|35|{{increase}} 35 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |394 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |389 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |377 |{{sort |
| 21|{{decrease}} 21 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |370 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Moscow}} Moscow (Russia) |567 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |548 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |537 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |522 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Western Cape}} Western Cape (South Africa){{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |439 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Gauteng}} Gauteng (South Africa){{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninb}} |422 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |420 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=ninb|Ninth grade students}}}}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |615 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |607 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |594 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |594 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |591 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Macao}} |582 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |LIT |561 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |553 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |552 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |546 |N/A |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |546 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |542 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |537 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LAT}} |534 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |531 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |530 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} ' |532 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |530 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |529 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |525 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |524 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |524 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |523 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}}"Flanders" |521 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |521 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |520 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |516 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|AZE}} |515 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |515 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |515 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |512 |{{sort |
| 32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |512 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |510 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |509 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |509 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |508 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |502 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Armenia}} |498 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Albania}} |494 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |487 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |485 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |482 |{{sort|19|{{increase}} 19 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |481 |{{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |480 |{{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia}} |472 |N/A |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Montenegro}} |453 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIH}} |452 |N/A |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |449 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kosovo}} |444 |N/A |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |443 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 51
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |441 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 points}} |
| 52
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |431 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 53
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |398 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |383 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |383 |{{sort|30|{{increase}} 30 points}} |
| 56
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |374 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 57
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Pakistan}} |328 |N/A |
| 58
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Philippines}} |297 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Moscow}} Moscow (Russia) |593 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |544 |{{sort|33|{{increase}} 33 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |532 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Madrid}} Madrid (Spain) |518 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |512 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |441 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |595 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |588 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |567 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |562 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |558 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |555 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |542 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |539 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |539 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |538 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |537 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |537 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |534 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |533 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |531 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |531 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |529 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |528 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |526 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |524 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |523 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |522 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|AUT}} |522 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |521 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |521 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |Northern Ireland |518 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |518 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |518 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |517 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |511 |{{sort|30|{{increase}} 30 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |511 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |510 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |504 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |503 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |501 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |496 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |494 |{{sort |
| 56|{{decrease}} 56 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |493 |{{sort|34|{{increase}} 34 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Albania}} |489 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |488 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |473 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |469 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Armenia}} |466 |N/A |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIH}} |459 |N/A |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |454 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Montenegro}} |453 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |449 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |441 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |435 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|AZE}} |427 |N/A |
| 51
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia}} |426 |N/A |
| 52
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Kosovo}} |413 |N/A |
| 53
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |402 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |392 |{{sort|55|{{increase}} 55 points}} |
| 54
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |374 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 56
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fifthb}} |324 |N/A |
| 57
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Pakistan}} |290 |N/A |
| 58
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Philippines}} |249 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Moscow}} Moscow (Russia) |595 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |545 |{{sort|27|{{increase}} 27 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |524 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Madrid}} Madrid (Spain) |523 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |522 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |418 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=fifthb|Fifth grade students}}}}
= TIMSS 2015 =
In TIMSS 2015,{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2015 - IEA|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-2015|access-date=18 April 2018|website=www.iea.nl}} nationally representative samples of students in 57 countries and 7 benchmarking entities participated in the fourth grade assessment, the eighth grade assessment, or both.{{Cite web|title=About TIMSS 2015 – TIMSS 2015 and TIMSS Advanced 2015 International Results|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2015/international-results/timss-2015/about-timss-2015/|access-date=2017-03-21|website=timssandpirls.bc.edu|language=en-US}}
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |621 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |606 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |599 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |594 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |586 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |538 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |528 |{{sort|41|{{increase}} 41 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |527 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |523 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |518 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |518 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |516 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |514 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |512 |N/A |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |511 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |511 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |505 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |501 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |494 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MLT}} |494 |N/A |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |493 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |465 |{{sort|25|{{increase}} 25 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |465 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |458 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |454 |{{sort|45|{{increase}} 45 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |453 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |442 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |437 |{{sort|27|{{increase}} 27 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |436 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |431 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |427 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |403 |{{sort|37|{{increase}} 37 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |392 |N/A |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |392 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |391 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |386 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |384 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |372 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |368 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |543 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |522 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |512 |{{sort|34|{{increase}} 34 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |493 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Eighth grade students|name=eightha}} |487 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |442 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Buenos Aires}} Buenos Aires (Argentina) |396 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |597 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |571 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |569 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |556 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |551 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |546 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |544 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |537 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |533 |{{sort|43|{{increase}} 43 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |530 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |530 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |527 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |526 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |522 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |519 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |513 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |512 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |509 |N/A |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |507 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |499 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |493 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MLT}} |481 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |477 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |471 |{{sort|45|{{increase}} 45 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |466 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |457 |{{sort|38|{{increase}} 38 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |456 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |456 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |455 |{{sort|35|{{increase}} 35 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |454 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |443 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |426 |{{sort |
| 23|{{decrease}} 23 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |411 |N/A |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |398 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |396 |{{sort |
| 40|{{decrease}} 40 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |393 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |392 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |371 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nina}} |358 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |530 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |525 |{{sort|40|{{increase}} 40 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |524 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |508 |{{sort |
| 22|{{decrease}} 22 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Eighth grade students|name=eightha}} |489 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |454 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Buenos Aires}} Buenos Aires (Argentina) |386 |N/A |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=nina|Ninth grade students}}
{{efn|name=eightha|Eighth grade students}}}}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |618 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |615 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |608 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |597 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |593 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |Northern Ireland |570 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |564 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fiftha}} |549 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |547 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |546 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |546 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |544 |{{sort|43|{{increase}} 43 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |541 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |539 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |539 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |535 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |535 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |535 |{{sort|54|{{increase}} 54 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |530 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |529 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |528 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |524 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |523 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |522 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |520 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |519 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |518 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |517 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |511 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |507 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |505 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |502 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |498 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |491 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |488 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |483 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |463 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |459 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |452 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |451 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |439 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |431 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |425 |{{sort|40|{{increase}} 40 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |397 |N/A |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |388 |N/A |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |383 |{{sort |
| 27|{{decrease}} 27 points}} |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |377 |{{sort|42|{{increase}} 42 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fiftha}} |376 |N/A |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |353 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |546 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |536 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |512 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |511 |{{sort|43|{{increase}} 43 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fourth grade students|name=fourtha}} |493 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Buenos Aires}} Buenos Aires (Argentina) |432 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |419 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |590 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |589 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |569 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |567 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |557 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |555 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |554 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |550 |{{sort|55|{{increase}} 55 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |547 |{{sort|42|{{increase}} 42 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |546 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |543 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |542 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |540 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fifth grade students|name=fiftha}} |538 |N/A |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |536 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |536 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |534 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |533 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |529 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |528 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |528 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |527 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |525 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |525 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |524 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |520 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |Northern Ireland |520 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |518 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |517 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |516 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |512 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |508 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |506 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|France}} |487 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |483 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |481 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |478 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |459 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |451 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |451 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |436 |{{sort|42|{{increase}} 42 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |431 |{{sort|54|{{increase}} 54 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |421 |{{sort |
| 32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |397 |N/A |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |390 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |357 |{{sort|93|{{increase}} 93 points}} |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |337 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |549 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |530 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |525 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |518 |{{sort|57|{{increase}} 57 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}}{{efn|Fourth grade students|name=fourtha}} |493 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Buenos Aires}} Buenos Aires (Argentina) |418 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |415 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=fiftha|Fifth grade students}}
{{efn|name=fourtha|Fourth grade students}}}}
= TIMSS 2011 =
TIMSS 2011{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2011 - IEA|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-2011|access-date=18 April 2018|website=www.iea.nl}} had 52 participating educational systems for the fourth grade and 45 for the eighth grade.
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2011 Mathematics|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2011/downloads/T11_IR_M_Chapter1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |613 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |611 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |609 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |586 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |570 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |539 |{{sort|27|{{increase}} 27 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |516 |{{sort|53|{{increase}} 53 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |514 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |509 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |507 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |505 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |505 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |505 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |502 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |498 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |488 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |487 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |484 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |479 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |475 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |467 |{{sort |
| 32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |458 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |456 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |452 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |449 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |440 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |431 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |427 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |426 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |425 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |416 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |415 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |410 |{{sort|103|{{increase}} 103 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |409 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |406 |{{sort |
| 21|{{decrease}} 21 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |404 |{{sort|37|{{increase}} 37 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |394 |{{sort|65|{{increase}} 65 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |386 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Syria}} |380 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |371 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |366 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ghana}} |331 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Ninth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |397 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |352 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HON}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |338 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |561 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |545 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina (United States) |537 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |532 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |522 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado (United States) |518 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut (United States) |518 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |513 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |512 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |505 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|California}} California (United States) |493 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |478 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama (United States) |466 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |449 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2011 Science|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2011/downloads/T11_IR_S_Chapter1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |590 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |564 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |560 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |558 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |552 |N/A |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |543 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |542 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |535 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |533 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |525 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |522 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |519 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |516 |{{sort|48|{{increase}} 48 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |514 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |512 |N/A |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |509 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |501 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |501 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |494 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |490 |N/A |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |483 |{{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |474 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |465 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |465 |N/A |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |461 |N/A |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |452 |N/A |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |451 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |449 |{{sort |
| 33|{{decrease}} 33 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |439 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |437 |{{sort |
| 51|{{decrease}} 51 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |436 |{{sort|33|{{increase}} 33 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |426 |{{sort |
| 45|{{decrease}} 45 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Syria}} |426 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |420 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |420 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |420 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |419 |{{sort|100|{{increase}} 100 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |407 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |406 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |406 |{{sort |
| 21|{{decrease}} 21 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |376 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ghana}} |306 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Ninth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |404 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HON}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |369 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=ninth}} |332 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |567 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |553 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |546 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado (United States) |542 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |533 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut (United States) |532 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina (United States) |532 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |530 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |521 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |520 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|California}} California (United States) |499 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama (United States) |485 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |485 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |461 |N/A |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=ninth|Ninth grade students}}}}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |606 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |605 |N/A |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |602 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |591 |{{sort|15|{{increase}} 15 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |585 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |Northern Ireland |562 |N/A |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |549 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |545 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |542 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |542 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |541 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |540 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |537 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |534 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |532 |N/A |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |528 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |527 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |516 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |516 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |515 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |513 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |511 |{{sort|25|{{increase}} 25 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |508 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |508 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |507 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |504 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |501 |{{sort |
| 48|{{decrease}} 48 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MLT}} |496 |N/A |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |495 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |490 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |486 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |482 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Romania}} |482 |N/A |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |481 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |469 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} |463 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |462 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Thailand}} |458 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |452 |{{sort |
| 48|{{decrease}} 48 points}} |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |450 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |436 |N/A |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |434 |N/A |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |431 |{{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |413 |{{sort|117|{{increase}} 117 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |410 |N/A |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |385 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |359 |{{sort|32|{{increase}} 32 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |342 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |335 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}} |248 |{{sort|24|{{increase}} 24 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Sixth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |419 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HON}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |396 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |348 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina (United States) |554 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |545 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |533 |{{sort|14|{{increase}} 14 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |518 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |507 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |468 |{{sort|24|{{increase}} 24 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |417 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |587 |N/A |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |583 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |570 |N/A |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |559 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |552 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |552 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |544 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |536 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |535 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |534 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |533 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |532 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |532 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |531 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |529 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |528 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |528 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |524 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |522 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |520 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |Northern Ireland |517 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |516 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CRO}} |516 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |516 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |516 |N/A |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |515 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |509 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Romania}} |505 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |505 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Poland}} |505 |N/A |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |497 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |495 |{{sort |
| 38|{{decrease}} 38 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |494 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chile}} |480 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Thailand}} |472 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |463 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |455 |{{sort|37|{{increase}} 37 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |453 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |449 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MLT}} |446 |N/A |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} |438 |N/A |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |429 |N/A |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UAE}} |428 |N/A |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |416 |{{sort |
| 68|{{decrease}} 68 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |394 |{{sort|100|{{increase}} 100 points}} |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |377 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |347 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |346 |{{sort|28|{{increase}} 28 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |264 |{{sort |
| 33|{{decrease}} 33 points}} |
| 50
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}} |209 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Sixth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HON}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |432 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |367 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}}{{efn|Sixth grade students|name=sixth}} |345 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida (United States) |545 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |541 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina (United States) |538 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |528 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |516 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |461 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Abu Dhabi}} Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |411 |N/A |
|}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=sixth|Sixth grade students}}}}
= TIMSS 2007 =
In TIMSS 2007,{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2007 - IEA|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-2007|access-date=18 April 2018|website=www.iea.nl}} 43 educational systems participated in the fourth grade and 56 educational systems in the eighth grade.
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2007 Mathematics|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2007/PDF/T07_M_IR_Chapter1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |598 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |597 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |593 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |572 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |570 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |517 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |513 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |512 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |508 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |506 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |504 |N/A |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |501 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|33|{{increase}} 33 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |499 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |496 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |491 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |488 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |487 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |486 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |480 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |474 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |469 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |465 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |464 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |463 |{{sort |
| 33|{{decrease}} 33 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |462 |N/A |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |461 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIH}} |456 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |449 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |441 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |432 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |427 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |420 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |410 |N/A |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |403 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |398 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |397 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Syria}} |395 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |391 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Algeria}} |387 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |381 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Colombia}} |380 |N/A |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |372 |N/A |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |367 |{{sort |
| 23|{{decrease}} 23 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}} |364 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |354 |N/A |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|El Salvador}} |340 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |329 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ghana}} |309 |{{sort|33|{{increase}} 33 points}} |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |307 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |547 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |532 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |528 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |517 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|British Columbia}} British Columbia (Canada) |509 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Basque Country}} Basque Country (Spain) |499 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |461 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2007 Science|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2007/PDF/T07_S_IR_Chapter1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |567 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |561 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |554 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |553 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |542 |N/A |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |539 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |539 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |538 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |530 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |530 |{{sort|16|{{increase}} 16 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |520 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |519 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |515 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |511 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |496 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |495 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |488 |{{sort|27|{{increase}} 27 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |487 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |485 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |482 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |471 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |471 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Serbia}} |470 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |470 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |468 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |467 |{{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BIH}} |466 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |462 |{{sort |
| 8|{{decrease}} 8 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |459 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |457 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |454 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Syria}} |452 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |452 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |445 |{{sort|41|{{increase}} 41 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |427 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Oman}} |423 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |421 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |418 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Colombia}} |417 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |414 |{{sort|21|{{increase}} 21 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |408 |N/A |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Algeria}} |408 |N/A |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |404 |{{sort |
| 31|{{decrease}} 31 points}} |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} |403 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Morocco}} |402 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|El Salvador}} |387 |N/A |
| 47
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}} |355 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 48
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Qatar}} |319 |N/A |
| 49
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ghana}} |303 |{{sort|48|{{increase}} 48 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |556 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |539 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |526 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |526 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|British Columbia}} British Columbia (Canada) |507 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Basque Country}} Basque Country (Spain) |498 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |489 |N/A |
|}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |607 |{{sort|32|{{increase}} 32 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |599 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |576 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |568 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |549 |N/A |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |544 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |541 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |537 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |535 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |530 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |529 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |525 |N/A |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |523 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |516 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |510 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |507 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |505 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |503 |N/A |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |502 |{{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |500 |{{sort |
| 44|{{decrease}} 44 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |496 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |494 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |492 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |486 |N/A |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |473 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |469 |N/A |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |438 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |402 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ALG}} |378 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|COL}} |355 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |341 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|El Salvador}} |330 |N/A |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |327 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |316 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |296 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}} |224 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |572 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |554 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |519 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |512 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |505 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|British Columbia}} British Columbia (Canada) |505 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |444 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |587 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |557 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |554 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |548 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |546 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |542 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |542 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |539 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |536 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |535 |{{sort|19|{{increase}} 19 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KAZ}} |533 |N/A |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |528 |N/A |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |527 |{{sort|6|{{increase}} 6 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |526 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |526 |N/A |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |525 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |523 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |518 |{{sort|28|{{increase}} 28 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |517 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |515 |N/A |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |514 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |504 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |500 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!500 !{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |484 |{{sort|47|{{increase}} 47 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |477 |{{sort|11|{{increase}} 11 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|UKR}} |474 |N/A |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |436 |{{sort|22|{{increase}} 22 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GEO}} |418 |N/A |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|COL}} |400 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|El Salvador}} |390 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ALG}} |354 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KUW}} |348 |N/A |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |318 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |297 |{{sort|7|{{increase}} 7 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|QAT}} |294 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|YEM}} |197 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts (United States) |571 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota (United States) |551 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Alberta}} Alberta (Canada) |543 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|British Columbia}} British Columbia (Canada) |537 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |536 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |517 |{{sort|17|{{increase}} 17 points}} |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Dubai}} Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |460 |N/A |
|}
= TIMSS 2003 =
In TIMSS 2003,{{cite web|title=TIMSS 2003 - IEA|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-2003|access-date=18 April 2018|website=www.iea.nl}} there were 26 educational systems for the fourth grade and 48 for the eighth grade.{{Cite web|last=center|first=international study|title=TIMSS 2003 Countries Participating|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2003i/countries.html|access-date=2017-03-21|website=timssandpirls.bc.edu|language=en}}
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2003 Mathematics|url=https://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/T03_M_Chap1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |605 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |589 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |586 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |585 |{{sort|0.000|{{steady}}}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |570 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |537 |{{sort |
| 21|{{decrease}} 21 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |536 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Estonia}} |531 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |529 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |508 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |508 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |508 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |508 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |505 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |504 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |502 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |499 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |498 |N/A |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |496 |{{sort|30|{{increase}} 30 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |494 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |493 |{{sort |
| 37|{{decrease}} 37 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |484 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |478 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SER}} |477 |N/A |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |476 |{{sort |
| 35|{{decrease}} 35 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |475 |{{sort|3|{{increase}} 3 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!467 !{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |461 |N/A |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |460 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |459 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |435 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |433 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |424 |{{sort |
| 4|{{decrease}} 4 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |411 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |411 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUN}} |410 |{{sort |
| 38|{{decrease}} 38 points}} |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|EGY}} |406 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |401 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |390 |N/A |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |387 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |387 |{{sort|50|{{increase}} 50 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |376 |{{sort|31|{{increase}} 31 points}} |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}} |366 |N/A |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KSA}} |332 |N/A |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GHA}} |276 |N/A |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |264 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| colspan="4" |Ninth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nine}} |498 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |543 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |521 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |508 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Basque Country}} Basque Country (Spain) |487 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 2003 Science|url=https://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/T03_S_Chap1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |578 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |571 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |558 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |556 |{{sort|26|{{increase}} 26 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Estonia}} |552 |N/A |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |552 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |543 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |536 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |527 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |527 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |524 |N/A |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |520 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |520 |{{sort|10|{{increase}} 10 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |519 |{{sort|31|{{increase}} 31 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |517 |{{sort |
| 18|{{decrease}} 18 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |516 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |514 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |512 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |512 |N/A |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |510 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |494 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |491 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |488 |{{sort|20|{{increase}} 20 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |479 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |475 |{{sort|25|{{increase}} 25 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!474 !{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |472 |{{sort|13|{{increase}} 13 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |470 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SER}} |468 |N/A |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |461 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |453 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |449 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |441 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bahrain}} |438 |N/A |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Palestine}} |435 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|EGY}} |421 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |420 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |413 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUN}} |404 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KSA}} |398 |N/A |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |396 |{{sort|73|{{increase}} 73 points}} |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |393 |N/A |
| 42
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |377 |{{sort|32|{{increase}} 32 points}} |
| 43
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|BOT}} |365 |N/A |
| 44
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GHA}} |255 |N/A |
| 45
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |244 |{{sort|1|{{increase}} 1 point}} |
| colspan="4" |Ninth grade participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}}{{efn|Ninth grade students|name=nine}} |544 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |533 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |531 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |531 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Basque Country}} Basque Country (Spain) |489 |N/A |
|}
{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=nine|Ninth grade students}}}}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |594 |{{sort |
| 31|{{decrease}} 31 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |575 |{{sort |
| 12|{{decrease}} 12 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |565 |{{sort |
| 32|{{decrease}} 32 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |564 |N/A |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |551 |N/A |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |540 |{{sort |
| 37|{{decrease}} 37 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |536 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |534 |N/A |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |532 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |531 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |529 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |518 |{{sort |
| 27|{{decrease}} 27 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |510 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |504 |N/A |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |503 |N/A |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |499 |{{sort |
| 47|{{decrease}} 47 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!495 !{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |493 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |490 |{{sort |
| 30|{{decrease}} 30 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |479 |{{sort |
| 73|{{decrease}} 73 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |456 |N/A |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |451 |{{sort |
| 51|{{decrease}} 51 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |389 |{{sort |
| 40|{{decrease}} 40 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |358 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |347 |N/A |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |339 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |533 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |511 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |506 |N/A |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |565 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |551 |N/A |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |543 |{{sort |
| 31|{{decrease}} 31 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |542 |{{sort|9|{{increase}} 9 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |540 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |536 |{{sort |
| 29|{{decrease}} 29 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |532 |N/A |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |530 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |526 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |525 |{{sort |
| 28|{{decrease}} 28 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |521 |{{sort |
| 41|{{decrease}} 41 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |520 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |518 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |516 |N/A |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|LIT}} |512 |N/A |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |502 |{{sort |
| 34|{{decrease}} 34 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |496 |N/A |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |490 |{{sort |
| 56|{{decrease}} 56 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!489 !{{sort |
| 35|{{decrease}} 35 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |480 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |466 |{{sort |
| 64|{{decrease}} 64 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ARM}} |437 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |414 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |332 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Tunisia}} |314 |N/A |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |304 |N/A |
| colspan="4" |Benchmarking participants |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana (United States) |553 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario (Canada) |540 |N/A |
| –
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flagicon|Quebec}} Quebec (Canada) |500 |N/A |
|}
= TIMSS 1999 =
In 1999,{{cite web|title=TIMSS 1999 - IEA|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-1999|access-date=18 April 2018|website=www.iea.nl}} TIMSS only focused on the eighth grade in 38 educational systems; there was no study done for the fourth grade in that year.{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 1999 Participants|url=http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1999i/participants.html|access-date=2017-03-21|website=timssandpirls.bc.edu}}
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1999i/pdf/T99i_Math_1.pdf|title=TIMSS 1999 Mathematics}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |604 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |587 |{{sort |
| 20|{{decrease}} 20 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |585 |N/A |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |582 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |579 |{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |558 |{{sort |
| 7|{{decrease}} 7 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |540 |{{sort |
| 1|{{decrease}} 1 point}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |534 |{{sort |
| 13|{{decrease}} 13 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |532 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |531 |{{sort|4|{{increase}} 4 points}} |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |530 |{{sort |
| 11|{{decrease}} 11 points}} |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |526 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |525 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |520 |N/A |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |520 |{{sort |
| 44|{{decrease}} 44 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |519 |N/A |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |511 |{{sort |
| 29|{{decrease}} 29 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |505 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |502 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |496 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |491 |{{sort |
| 17|{{decrease}} 17 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!487 !{{sort |
| 26|{{decrease}} 26 points}} |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |482 |{{sort|5|{{increase}} 5 points}} |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |479 |N/A |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |476 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |472 |{{sort |
| 10|{{decrease}} 10 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |469 |N/A |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |467 |{{sort |
| 55|{{decrease}} 55 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |466 |{{sort |
| 56|{{decrease}} 56 points}} |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUN}} |448 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |447 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |429 |N/A |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |428 |N/A |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |422 |{{sort |
| 6|{{decrease}} 6 points}} |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |403 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |392 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |345 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |337 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |275 |{{sort |
| 79|{{decrease}} 79 points}} |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 1999 Science|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1999i/pdf/T99i_Sci_01.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average !Change |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}} |569 |N/A |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |568 |{{sort |
| 39|{{decrease}} 39 points}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |552 |{{sort |
| 2|{{decrease}} 2 points}} |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |550 |{{sort |
| 21|{{decrease}} 21 points}} |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |549 |{{sort |
| 16|{{decrease}} 16 points}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |545 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |540 |{{sort |
| 5|{{decrease}} 5 points}} |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |539 |{{sort |
| 35|{{decrease}} 35 points}} |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |538 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Finland}} |535 |N/A |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |535 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |535 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |533 |{{sort |
| 27|{{decrease}} 27 points}} |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |533 |{{sort|2|{{increase}} 2 points}} |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |530 |{{sort|8|{{increase}} 8 points}} |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |529 |{{sort |
| 9|{{decrease}} 9 points}} |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |518 |{{sort |
| 47|{{decrease}} 47 points}} |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |515 |{{sort |
| 19|{{decrease}} 19 points}} |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |510 |{{sort |
| 15|{{decrease}} 15 points}} |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |503 |{{sort|18|{{increase}} 18 points}} |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Italy}} |493 |N/A |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} |492 |N/A |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |488 |{{sort|12|{{increase}} 12 points}} |
| colspan="2" |International average
!488 !{{sort |
| 28|{{decrease}} 28 points}} |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |482 |{{sort |
| 43|{{decrease}} 43 points}} |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |472 |{{sort |
| 14|{{decrease}} 14 points}} |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |468 |{{sort |
| 56|{{decrease}} 56 points}} |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |460 |{{sort |
| 3|{{decrease}} 3 points}} |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Moldova}} |459 |N/A |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|North Macedonia|name=Republic of Macedonia}} |458 |N/A |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Jordan}} |450 |N/A |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |448 |{{sort |
| 22|{{decrease}} 22 points}} |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |435 |N/A |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUR}} |433 |N/A |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|TUN}} |430 |N/A |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CHI}} |420 |N/A |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|PHI}} |345 |N/A |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|MAR}} |323 |N/A |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |243 |{{sort |
| 83|{{decrease}} 83 points}} |
|}
= TIMSS 1995 =
In TIMSS 1995,{{cite web|url=http://www.iea.nl/timss-1995|title=TIMSS 1995 - IEA|website=www.iea.nl|access-date=18 April 2018}} there were 41 educational systems in five grades (third, fourth, seventh, eighth, and the final year of secondary school).
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/BMathCh1.pdf|title=TIMSS 1995 Mathematics (8th grade)}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |643 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |607 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |605 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |588 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |565 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |564 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |547 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SUI}} |545 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |541 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |541 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |540 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |539 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|FRA}} |538 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |537 |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |535 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |530 |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |527 |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |527 |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (French) |526 |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |522 |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |522 |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |519 |
| colspan="2" |International average
!513 |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |509 |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |508 |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |506 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |503 |
| 27
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |502 |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |500 |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |498 |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |493 |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SPA}} |487 |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISL}} |487 |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GRE}} |484 |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |482 |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |477 |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |474 |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|POR}} |454 |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |428 |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KWT}} |392 |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|COL}} |385 |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |354 |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="3" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 1995 Science (8th grade)|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/BSciChp1.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |607 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |574 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |571 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |565 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |565 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |560 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |560 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |558 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |554 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |552 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (Flemish) |550 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |545 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVK}} |544 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Russia}} |538 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |538 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |535 |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |534 |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |531 |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |531 |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |527 |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |525 |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |525 |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |524 |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |522 |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SUI}} |522 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |517 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SPA}} |517 |
| colspan="2" |International average
!516 |
| 28
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|FRA}} |498 |
| 29
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GRE}} |497 |
| 30
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISL}} |494 |
| 31
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ROM}} |486 |
| 32
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |485 |
| 33
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|POR}} |480 |
| 34
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |478 |
| 35
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |476 |
| 36
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Belgium}} (French) |471 |
| 37
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |470 |
| 38
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |463 |
| 39
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KWT}} |430 |
| 40
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|COL}} |411 |
| 41
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ZA}} |326 |
|}
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable"
| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 1995 Mathematics (4th grade)|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/am1chap.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |625 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |611 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |597 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |587 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |577 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |567 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |559 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |552 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |550 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |548 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |546 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |545 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |532 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |531 |
| colspan="2" |International average
!529 |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |525 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |520 |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |513 |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |502 |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |502 |
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |499 |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GRE}} |492 |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |490 |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|POR}} |475 |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISL}} |474 |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |429 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KWT}} |400 |
|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="3" style="background:#cecece;" |Science{{Cite web|title=TIMSS 1995 Science (4th grade)|url=https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/as1chap.pdf}} |
| Rank
!Country !Average |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KOR}} |597 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Japan}} |574 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|United States}} |565 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |565 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Australia}} |562 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |557 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |557 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|England}} |551 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Canada}} |549 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Singapore}} |547 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|SVN}} |546 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |539 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Scotland}} |536 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|HK}} |533 |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |532 |
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|New Zealand}} |531 |
| colspan="2" |International average
!524 |
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|NOR}} |530 |
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} (Latvian) |512 |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISR}} |505 |
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|ISL}} |505 |
| 21
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|GRE}} |497 |
| 22
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|POR}} |480 |
| 23
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|CYP}} |475 |
| 24
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|THA}} |473 |
| 25
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|IRN}} |416 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagcountry|KWT}} |401 |
|}
Additional initiatives
The TIMSS 1999 Video Study{{cite web |url=http://www.timssvideo.com/ |title = TIMSSVIDEO}} was a study of eighth-grade mathematics and science teaching in seven countries. The study involved videotaping and analyzing teaching practices in more than one thousand classrooms. In conjunction with the IEA, the study was conducted by the US National Center for Education Statistics, and the US Department of Education under a contract with LessonLab, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.
Cooperative partners
TIMSS depends on the collaboration of a large number of individuals and organizations around the world including the [http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/ TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College], [http://www.iea.nl/ IEA's offices in Amsterdam and Hamburg], Statistics Canada, and Educational Testing Service (ETS). In the United States, TIMSS is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education. Data for US students is further tracked for ethnic and racial groups. TIMSS is mainly funded by the participating countries. Also, the US National Center for Education Statistics of the US Department of Education and the World Bank provide major support funding for the assessments.
= United States results by race and ethnicity =
== Eighth grade ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="8" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics |
| rowspan="2" |Race |
|---|
| Score
!Score !Score !Score !Score !Score !Score |
| style="text-align:left;" |Asian
|580 |591 |585 |568 |549 |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |White
|516 |548 |541 |530 |533 |525 |525 |516 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Multiracial
|495 |540 |521 |513 |506 |— |— |— |
| style="background-color: #FFE4C4;"
| style="text-align:left;" |US Average |488 |515 |518 |509 |508 |504 |502 |500 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
|— |495 |— |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Hispanic
|456 |486 |492 |485 |475 |465 |457 |443 |
| style="text-align:left;" |American Indian/Alaska Native
|483 |477 |— |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Black
|443 |445 |462 |465 |457 |448 |444 |419 |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="8" style="background:#cecece;" |Science |
| rowspan="2" |Race |
|---|
| Score
!Score !Score !Score !Score !Score !Score |
| style="text-align:left;" |Asian
|584 |577 |573 |556 |543 |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |White
|545 |543 |559 |557 |553 |551 |552 |547 |544 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Multiracial
|526 |542 |547 |536 |534 |522 |— |— |— |
| style="background-color: #FFE4C4;"
| style="text-align:left;" |US Average |513 |517 |522 |530 |525 |520 |527 |515 |534 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Hispanic
|482 |491 |493 |502 |493 |480 |482 |462 |446 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
|498 |— |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |American Indian/Alaska Native
|481 |497 |— |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Black
|466 |445 |469 |470 |455 |463 |438 |422 |
== Fourth grade ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="7" style="background:#ceceee;" |Mathematics |
| rowspan="2" |Race |
|---|
| Score
!Score !Score !Score !Score !Score |
| style="text-align:left;" |Asian
|586 |605 |583 |582 |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |White
|559 |559 |559 |550 |542 |541 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Multiracial
|554 |565 |554 |534 |— |— |
| style="background-color: #FFE4C4;"
| style="text-align:left;" |US Average |535 |539 |541 |529 |518 |545 |
| style="text-align:left;" |American Indian/Alaska Native
|515 |527 |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Hispanic
|508 |515 |520 |504 |492 |493 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
|500 |502 |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Black
|494 |495 |489 |482 |472 |457 |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="7" style="background:#cecece;" |Science |
| rowspan="2" |Race |
|---|
| Score
!Score !Score !Score !Score !Score |
| style="text-align:left;" |Asian
|581 |598 |570 |573 |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |White
|565 |570 |568 |567 |565 |572 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Multiracial
|561 |571 |559 |550 |— |— |
| style="background-color: #FFE4C4;"
| style="text-align:left;" |US Average |539 |546 |544 |539 |536 |565 |
| style="text-align:left;" |American Indian/Alaska Native
|519 |530 |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:left;" |Hispanic
|508 |518 |517 |502 |498 |503 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Black
|497 |501 |490 |488 |487 |462 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
|495 |503 |— |— |— |— |
All average country scores
- TIMSS 1995: 4th grade [http://timss.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/P1HiLite.pdf]; 8th grade [http://timss.bc.edu/timss1995i/HiLightB.html]
- TIMSS 1999: 8th grade [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/results99_1.asp]
- TIMSS 2003: 4th grade [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss03tables.asp?Quest=1&Figure=1][http://nces.ed.gov/timss/TIMSS03Tables.asp?Quest=1&Figure=2]; 8th grade [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss03tables.asp?figure=5&Quest=5][http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss03tables.asp?figure=6&Quest=6]
- TIMSS 2007: 4th and 8th grades [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table07_1.asp][http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table07_3.asp]
- TIMSS 2011: 4th grade [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table11_2.asp][http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table11_4.asp]; 8th grade [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table11_3.asp][http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table11_5.asp]
- TIMSS 2015: 4th and 8th grades [http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2015/international-results/timss-2015/mathematics/student-achievement/distribution-of-mathematics-achievement/][http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2015/international-results/timss-2015/science/student-achievement/distribution-of-science-achievement/]
- TIMSS 2019: [https://www.iea.nl/sites/default/files/2020-12/TIMSS-2019-International-Results-in-Mathematics-and-Science_0.pdf]
==TIMSS and other international math and science studies ==
Hanushek and WoessmannHanushek and Woessman (2015, esp. Table 2.1 and Appendix 2A, pp. 18, 29-37) developed a methodology to rescale 14 different international comparisons of math and/or science achievement to make them comparable. This includes the FIMS, FISS, and PISA, mentioned above, with TIMSS.
This methodology is disputed amongst experts. Quantitative methods used in educational and psychological measurement disagree with the approach as it is basically only a linear scale transformation that cannot ensure or examine whether PISA and TIMSS scores are based on the same or at least comparable measurement constructs: The numerical values used to measure shoe size and intelligence can be transformed so that both have the same arithmetic mean and standard deviation, but they still represent two very different characteristics. The equivalency of what is being measured needs to be established in linking studies that utilize well-designed joint data collections such as the TIMSS NAEP link,{{cite web | url=https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/naep_timss/ | title=Methodology Studies - Linking NAEP and TIMSS Study | NAEP }} or IEA's Rosetta Stone.{{cite web | url=https://www.iea.nl/news-events/news/iea-rosetta-stone-project-moves-ahead | title=IEA Rosetta Stone project moves ahead | IEA.nl }}
Wu (2003, 2010)Wu, M. (2010), "Comparing the Similarities and Differences of PISA 2003 and TIMSS", OECD Education Working Papers, No. 32, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/5km4psnm13nx-en. has shown that TIMSS and PISA do not produce exchangeable scores. One reason may be reading load even for mathematics and science items. TIMSS questions focus on the mathematics curricula taught around the world as seen in TIMSS example items,{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/timss/pdf/TIMSS2011_G8_Math.pdf|title=TIMSS USA Grade 8 Released Mathematics Items|publisher=International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement|year=2013|access-date=2024-06-28}} while PISA attempts to assess mathematics embedded in descriptions of situations encountered outside of the classroom, see PISA examples.{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/38709418.pdf|title=PISA Released Items – Mathematics|publisher=OECD|date=December 2006|access-date=2024-06-28}}
Participating countries
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country !Years |
| {{flagcountry|ALB}}
|2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|ALG}}
|2007 |
| {{flagcountry|ARG}}
|2015{{efn|as Buenos Aires (benchmarking only)|name=arg}} |
| {{flagcountry|ARM}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Australia}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Austria}}
|1995, 2007, 2011, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}}
|2011, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|BHR}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|1995,{{efn|French and Flemish separated|name=frfl}} 1999,{{efn|Flemish only|name=fl}} 2003,{{efn|Flemish only|name=fl}} 2011,{{efn|Flemish only|name=fl}} 2015,{{efn|Flemish only|name=fl}} 2019,{{efn|Flemish only|name=fl}} 2023{{efn|French and Flemish separated|name=frfl}} |
| {{flagcountry|BIH}}
|2007, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|BOT}}
|2003, 2007, 2011,{{efn|6th and 9th grade only|name=sixnin}} 2015{{efn|9th grade only|name=nin}} |
| {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Bulgaria}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Canada}}
|1995, 1999, 2003,{{efn|as Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)|name=ontque}} 2007,{{efn|as Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)|name=albbriontque}} 2011,{{efn|as Alberta, Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)|name=albontque}} 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|CHI}}
|1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Chinese Taipei}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|COL}}
|1995, 2007 |
| {{flagcountry|Croatia}}
|2011, 2015, 2019 |
| {{flagcountry|CYP}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Czech Republic}}
|1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Denmark}}
|1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|EGY}}
|2003, 2007, 2015 |
| {{flagcountry|SLV}}
|2007 |
| {{flagcountry|England}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|EST}}
|2003 |
| {{flagcountry|Finland}}
|1999, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|FRA}}
|1995, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|GEO}}
|2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Germany}}
|1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|GHA}}
|2003, 2007, 2011 |
| {{flagcountry|GRE}}
|1995 |
| {{flagcountry|Honduras}}
|2011{{efn|6th and 9th grade only|name=sixnin}} |
| {{flagcountry|HK}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|HUN}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|ISL}}
|1995 |
| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| {{flagcountry|IRN}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|IRQ}}
|2023{{efn|represented by Kurdistan Region|name=kur}} |
| {{flagcountry|Ireland}}
|1995, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|ISR}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Italy}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|CIV}}
|2023 |
| {{flagcountry|JAP}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|JOR}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|KAZ}}
|2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|KOS}}
|2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|KWT}}
|1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Latvia}}
|1995,{{efn|in Latvian|name=lat}} 1999,{{efn|in Latvian|name=lat}} 2003, 2007, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|LBN}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| {{flagcountry|Lithuania}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Macao}}
|2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Malta}}
|2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|MLD}}
|1999, 2003 |
| {{flagcountry|Montenegro}}
|2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|MAR}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|North Macedonia}}
|1999, 2003, 2011, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Northern Ireland}}
|2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|NOR}}
|1995, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019,{{efn|5th and 9th grade only|name=fivnin}} 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Oman}}
|2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|PAK}}
|2019 |
| {{flagcountry|Palestine}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|PHI}}
|1999, 2003, 2019 |
| {{flagcountry|POL}}
|2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|POR}}
|1995, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|QAT}}
|2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|ROM}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Russia}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Scotland}}
|1995, 2003, 2007 |
| {{flagcountry|SRB}}
|2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Singapore}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|SVK}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|SVN}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|ZA}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2011,{{efn|9th grade only|name=nin}} 2015,{{efn|5th and 9th grade only|name=fivnin}} 2019,{{efn|5th and 9th grade only|name=fivnin}} 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|SPA}}
|1995, 2003,{{efn|as Basque Country (benchmarking only)|name=bas}} 2007,{{efn|as Basque Country (benchmarking only)|name=bas}} 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}
|1995, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|SUI}}
|1995 |
| {{flagcountry|SYR}}
|2007, 2011 |
| {{flagcountry|THA}}
|1995, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| {{flagcountry|TUN}}
|1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 |
| {{flagcountry|TUR}}
|1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|UKR}}
|2007, 2011 |
| {{flagcountry|UAE}}
|2007,{{efn|as Dubai (benchmarking only)|name=dub}} 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|United States}}
|1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| {{flagcountry|UZB}}
|2023 |
| {{flagcountry|YEM}}
|2007, 2011 |
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{{efn|name=frfl|French and Flemish separated}}
{{efn|name=fl|Flemish only}}
{{efn|name=sixnin|6th and 9th grade only}}
{{efn|name=nin|9th grade only}}
{{efn|name=ontque|as Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)}}
{{efn|name=albbriontque|as Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)}}
{{efn|name=albontque|as Alberta, Ontario and Quebec (benchmarking only)}}
{{efn|name=kur|represented by Kurdistan Region}}
{{efn|name=lat|in Latvian}}
{{efn|name=fivnin|5th and 9th grade only}}
{{efn|name=bas|as Basque Country (benchmarking only)}}
{{efn|name=dub|as Dubai (benchmarking only)}}}}
See also
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
- Numeracy
- Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), an educational ranking among OECD nations
- Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
Notes
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References
- {{Citation
| last1 = Hanushek | first1 = Eric A.
| last2 = Woessmann | first2 = Ludger | year = 2015
| title = The knowledge capital of nations
| publisher = CESifo
| isbn = 978-0-262-02917-9}}.
External links
- IEA's TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston [http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/ College]
- [https://www.iea.nl/studies/iea/timss www.iea.nl: TIMSS. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study]
- [http://nces.ed.gov/timss/ U.S. Department of Education TIMSS]
- [http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/timss.htm TIMSS: What Have We Learned about Math and Science Teaching?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211120506/http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/timss.htm |date=2012-02-11 }} - Education Resources Information Center Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education, Columbus, Ohio.
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11480306 Benchmarking to the world's best in mathematics. Quality control in curriculum and instruction among the top performers in the TIMSS]
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