Mexico ranks 35th of 37 in PISA: 77 points below the average in Math
PISA 2022 scores: Mexico 395 in Math against an OECD average of 472. Reading, 415 against 476. Science, 410 against 485, the lowest in the whole organization. Twenty PISA points equal roughly one school year: the average 15-year-old in Mexico is three to four years behind their peers.
It is the last international snapshot of learning in Mexico, because after it the country stopped measuring itself. This is not a problem of teachers or of children. It is the result produced by the system that selected them, trained them and then stopped evaluating them.
Which school do most children in your city attend: the one that measures, or the one that stopped measuring?
The table behind the chart
| Item | OECD average | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Math | 472 | 395 |
| Reading | 476 | 415 |
| Science | 485 | 410 |
Where it comes from
Average score of 15-year-old students. 20 PISA points are roughly equivalent to one school year. Source: OECD, PISA 2022 Results, Country Note Mexico.
Document. P1-01 · The Reality of Public Education in Mexico (July 2026), by SuperLeads. Every figure keeps its official or international source; when the source gives a range, the range is shown here. Methodology.
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