The following is a list of education systems that scored higher than the United States on the 2012 International Student Assessment (PISA) reading test:
| Shanghai-China |
570 |
| Hong Kong-China |
545 |
| Singapore |
542 |
| Japan |
538 |
| Korea, Republic of |
536 |
| Finland |
524 |
| Ireland |
523 |
| Chinese Taipei |
523 |
| Canada |
523 |
| Poland |
518 |
| Estonia |
516 |
| Liechtenstein |
516 |
| New Zealand |
512 |
| Australia |
512 |
| Netherlands |
511 |
| Belgium |
509 |
| Switzerland |
509 |
| Macao-China |
509 |
| Germany |
508 |
| United States |
498 |
| OECD average |
496 |
