{
  "id": 17763566,
  "title": "OECD PISA 2025 rankings: Check where the US, China, India, UK, and Russia stand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/oecd-pisa-2025-rankings-check-where-the-us-china-india-uk-and-russia",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:37:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/oecd-pisa-2025-rankings-check-where-the-us-china-india-uk-and-russia-stand-11793603563132.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to the OECD's PISA 2025 results, released in September 2026, educational outcomes vary significantly across major economies. East Asian nations dominate the top spots, with China's Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang regions leading in both mathematics and science. Singapore claims first place globally in reading. In contrast, the United States ranks 16th overall, with lower scores in mathematics at 463, indicating significant learning loss likely accelerated by pandemic disruptions. The United Kingdom and Russia's rankings are not yet available in this draft. African nations are notably absent from the top 40, a result of limited PISA participation and infrastructure challenges, as per UNESCO.",
  "summary": "While East Asian nations continue to set the benchmark, other major powers are navigating systemic shifts and pandemic-era learning losses.",
  "key_points": [
    "China's Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang regions lead in PISA 2025 mathematics and science.",
    "United States ranks 16th overall, with lower mathematics scores of 463.",
    "United Kingdom and Russia's rankings are not yet available in this draft."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The dominance of East Asian regions in mathematics and science highlights a growing global educational divide between high-performing Asian economies and Western nations struggling with pandemic-related learning losses.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}