PISA 2025 survey results

Topics: Education Issues

Sources: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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PISA 2025 survey results

Education and Skills

8 September 2026

The new PISA results are out

The latest PISA results, released today, show a challenging picture for student performance in science, reading and mathematics – but also important lessons from education systems that are bucking the trend. Across OECD countries, between 2015 and 2025, reading scores fell by 28 points, the steepest decline across the three subjects. Mathematics scores dropped by 22 points, equivalent to just over one year of learning. Science proved more resilient, with scores declining by 7 points.

While performance has declined or stagnated across many countries, a trend that often began well before the COVID-19 pandemic, some education systems have improved results. Others have combined stronger performance with greater inclusion.

The results underline the importance of strengthening the skills students need for the future. In an increasingly digital and AI-driven world, the ability to find, evaluate, interpret and reflect on information is more important than ever.

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(Abridged versions available in French and German)

Take a deeper look into the PISA findings

The PISA dashboard brings together data and indicators on student learning outcomes and related themes, allowing users to explore performance trends, compare results across countries and economies, and examine evolving topics including students' levels of curiosity, perseverance and use of digital devices.

❯ Explore the dashboard

Insights and Interpretations

Explore the Insights and Interpretations brochure from OECD’s Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher. In the brochure, he looks beyond the PISA rankings to examine what the data reveal about student development, learning outcomes and habits.

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The state of global education, according to PISA

The need for a highly educated and adaptable population has never been greater. But the new PISA results show that progress in educational outcomes has been uneven. Learning outcomes have stagnated or declined in many countries, in some cases for well over a decade. Read the thoughts of OECD Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher on the state of global education.

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Can you outsmart a teenager?

Take a question adapted from the PISA test

PISA 2025: Future Ready Students

PISA 2025 Results (Volume I): Future-Ready Students focuses on students’ performance in the core learning domains and explores their drive to learn, sense of agency and adaptability, and attitudes towards school. It examines differences in learning outcomes by gender, socio-economic status and immigrant background.

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