Countries by Low Math Skills
Complete ranking of 38 countries • Percentage of students • Updated 2026
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About Low Math Skills Among Students Rankings
Colombia leads all 38 countries in Low Math Skills Among Students with a value of 40.652, while Estonia ranks last at 5.20. This represents a 8-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Low Math Skills Among Students Measures
Low Math Skills Among Students is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the TB-118 Multi-AI Generation. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Low Math Skills Among Students across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 5.20 (Estonia) to 40.652 (Colombia) — a 8-fold difference across 38 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries dominate this ranking, holding 14 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 11.959 to 18.465. The overall spread from 5.20 to 40.652 reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Colombia and Mexico are separated by only 6%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Ranked
The top five countries for Low Math Skills Among Students are Colombia (40.652), Mexico (38.442), Costa Rica (38.074), Greece (25.742), and Chile (24.754). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.
Lowest Ranked
At the other end of the spectrum, Estonia (5.20), Japan (5.29), South Korea (7.29), Ireland (7.51), and Canada (8.12) have the lowest values globally.
Data Source & Methodology
Rankings are based on the latest available data from TB-118 Multi-AI Generation, covering 38 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Full Rankings
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Colombia | 40.7% | North America | 100% |
| 2nd | Mexico | 38.4% | North America | 97% |
| 3rd | Costa Rica | 38.1% | North America | 95% |
| 4th | Greece | 25.7% | Europe | 92% |
| 5th | Chile | 24.8% | South America | 89% |
| 6th | Iceland | 23.3% | Europe | 87% |
| 7th | Slovakia | 22.2% | Europe | 84% |
| 8th | Israel | 21.3% | Asia | 82% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 20.2% | Europe | 79% |
| 10th | Turkey | 18.5% | Europe | 76% |
| 11th | Norway | 17.5% | Europe | 74% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 17.4% | Europe | 71% |
| 13th | France | 16.8% | Europe | 68% |
| 14th | Germany | 16.7% | Europe | 66% |
| 15th | Hungary | 16.5% | Europe | 63% |
| 16th | Austria | 15.5% | Europe | 61% |
| 17th | Sweden | 15.2% | Europe | 58% |
| 18th | Belgium | 15.2% | Europe | 55% |
| 19th | United States | 14.8% | North America | 53% |
| 20th | Lithuania | 14.4% | Europe | 50% |
| 21st | Portugal | 13.8% | Europe | 47% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | 13.7% | Oceania | 45% |
| 23rd | Italy | 12.9% | Europe | 42% |
| 24th | Spain | 12.9% | Europe | 39% |
| 25th | Switzerland | 12.4% | Europe | 37% |
| 26th | Czechia | 12.2% | Europe | 34% |
| 27th | Australia | 12.1% | Oceania | 32% |
| 28th | United Kingdom | 12.0% | Europe | 29% |
| 29th | Slovenia | 12.0% | Europe | 26% |
| 30th | Poland | 11.9% | Europe | 24% |
| 31st | Finland | 11.5% | Europe | 21% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 10.7% | Europe | 18% |
| 33rd | Denmark | 10.3% | Europe | 16% |
| 34th | Canada | 8.1% | North America | 13% |
| 35th | Ireland | 7.5% | Europe | 11% |
| 36th | South Korea | 7.3% | Asia | 8% |
| 37th | Japan | 5.3% | Asia | 5% |
| 38th | Estonia | 5.2% | Europe | 3% |
