Ranking Countries by GRE Scores



ETS has produced an analysis of the scores for the Graduate Record Exam required for entry into US graduate schools. Among the more interesting tables are the scores by nationality for the general test, composed of verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and analytical writing. This could be regrded as a crude measure of a country's undergraduate education system although clearly there are all sorts of factors that would blur the picture.

Here are mean scores for quantitative skills  by country.

1	Hong Kong	169.50
2	China	162.90
3	Singapore	160.30
4	Taiwan	159.20
5	Vietnam	158.90
6	Turkey	158.70
7	South Korea	158.20
8	Macao	158.00
9	France	157.50
10	Belgium	157.10
11	Czech Republic	156.90
12	Israel	156.70
13	Switzerland	156.70
14	Netherlands	156.60
15	Greece	156.40
16=	Bulgaria	156.30
16=	Japan	156.30
18	Hungary	156.20
19	Australia	155.70
20	Germany	155.50
21=	Russia	155.30
21=	Thailand	155.30
23=	Belarus	154.80
23=	Romania	154.80
25=	Bangladesh	154.70
25=	Lithuania	154.70
27	Malaysia	154.60
28=	Eritrea	154.50
28=	Iceland	154.50
28=	Tunisia	154.50
31=	New Zealand	154.40
31=	Ukraine	154.40
33	Latvia	154.30
34	Sri Lanka	154.20
35=	Austria	154.10
35=	India	154.10
35=	Italy	154.10
38=	Indonesia	154.00
38=	Moldova	154.00
40=	Armenia	153.80
40=	Ireland	153.80
42=	Cyprus	153.70
42=	Argentina	153.60
44	Canada	153.60
45=	Nepal	153.50
45=	Portugal	153.50
45=	US Asian	153.50
48=	Albania	153.40
48=	Mongolia	153.40
50=	Croatia	153.30
50=	Egypt	153.30
52	Poland	153.20
53=	Norway	153.10
53=	Pakistan	153.10
53=	Spain	153.10
56	UK	152.90
57=	Denmark	152.80
57=	Kazakhstan	152.80
59=	Chile	152.70
59=	Syria	152.70
61=	Azerbaijan	152.60
61=	Macedonia	152.60
61=	Serbia	152.60
61=	Sweden	152.60
65	Myanmar	152.40
66	Peru	152.30
67=	Turkmenistan	152.20
67=	Uzbekistan	152.20
69	Jordan	151.90
70=	Estonia	151.80
70=	Ethiopia	151.80
70=	Morocco	151.80
73	Georgia	151.60
74	Finland	151.50
75=	South Africa	151.30
75=	Uruguay	151.30
77	Bolivia	150.80
78	Brazil	150.50
79	US White	150.40
80	Bosnia - Herzog	150.10
81	Venezuela	150.00
82=	Benin	149.70
82=	Costa Rica	149.70
84	USA	149.50
85	Colombia	149.40
86	Mexico	149.30
87=	Bahrain	149.20
87=	Zimbabwe	149.20
89	Philippines	149.10
90	Trinidad	148.80
91=	Ecuador	148.60
91=	Panama	148.60
91=	UAE	148.60
91=	Yemen	148.60
95=	Algeria	148.50
95=	Sudan	148.50
97=	Guatemala	148.30
97=	Kyrgyzstan	148.30
99	Cote d' Ivoire	148.10
100	Togo	148.00
101	Qatar	147.90
102	Barbados	147.80
103	Rwanda	147.60
104=	El Salvador	147.50
104=	Honduras	147.50
106=	Ghana	147.40
106=	Nigeria	147.40
108	Cuba	147.30
109=	Kenya	147.10
109=	US American Ind	147.10
111	US Hispanic	147.00
112	Cameroon	146.90
113=	Burkina Faso	146.80
113=	Niger	146.80
113=	Zambia	146.80
116=	Dominican Repub	146.50
116=	Guyana	146.50
116=	Kuwait	146.50
116=	Tanzania	146.50
116=	US Mexican	146.50
121=	Uganda	145.90
121=	US Porto Rican	145.90
123	Jamaica	145.80
124	Oman	145.40
125	Senegal	145.30
126	St Lucia	145.20
127	Congo DR	145.10
128	Nicaragua	144.50
129=	Afghanistan	144.20
129=	Haiti	144.20
131	Mali	144.00
132	Malawi	143.90
133=	Bahamas	143.70
133=	Sierra Leone	143.70
135	US Black	143.10
136	Saudi Arabia	142.80
137	Congo Republic	142.40
138	Namibia	140.20