PISA 2025: Full rankings by subject and Argentina’s position

Asian education systems once again occupied the top positions in the PISA rankings, while Argentina recorded one of its weakest performances among the 91 countries and economies assessed. The evaluation covered more than 760,000 15-year-old students in science, reading and mathematics.

China’s B-S-J-Z group, comprising Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, led science with 597 points. Singapore followed with 560, ahead of Macao, Taiwan and Japan. Estonia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand also made the top 10.

Argentina scored 393 points in science, placing 75th. It ranked below Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru. In reading, Singapore led with 535 points, followed by B-S-J-Z, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. Argentina scored 389 points, down from 401 in 2022, and finished 62nd.

Mathematics remained Argentina’s weakest area. B-S-J-Z topped the table with 612 points, followed by Singapore, Macao, Taiwan and Japan. Argentina scored 367 points and ranked 75th, among the lowest-performing systems in the region.

Uruguay and Chile led Latin America across all three subjects. Argentina placed eighth among the 13 participating Latin American countries, ahead of Ecuador, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Guatemala. The results also showed record-low average OECD performance in all three areas, with nearly three in 10 students in the bloc performing below expectations across science, reading and mathematics.