| International educational scores (1997) (13-year-old's average score, TIMSS Third International Math and Science Study, 1997) | |||||
| Countries: (sample) |
Global rank |
Maths | Science | ||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Singapore | 1 | 643 | 1 | 607 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 605 | 3 | 571 | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 607 | 2 | 565 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 564 | 6 | 574 | 2 |
| England | 18 | 506 | 25 | 552 | 10 |
| Thailand | 20 | 522 | 20 | 525 | 21 |
| Germany | 22 | 509 | 23 | 531 | 19 |
| France | 23 | 538 | 13 | 498 | 28 |
| United States | 24 | 500 | 28 | 534 | 17 |
| Source: 1997 TIMSS, in The Economist, March 29th 1997. | |||||
