These are the countries that are better educating their teenagers with the skills needed for AI-related global jobs. The biggest surprise is Argentina: the quality of its education has been tanking. Sources below.

  • Singapore — 562
  • Macao — 556
  • Japan — 548
  • Chinese Taipei — 546
  • Estonia — 534
  • Korea — 532
  • Australia — 520
  • Hong Kong — 520
  • New Zealand — 520
  • Canada — 518
  • United Kingdom — 517
  • Switzerland — 510
  • United States — 508
  • Finland — 506
  • Ireland — 506
  • Czechia — 504
  • Austria — 503
  • Poland — 501
  • Lithuania — 500
  • Belgium — 499
  • Netherlands — 496
  • Sweden — 494
  • Denmark — 492
  • Germany — 492
  • Portugal — 492
  • France — 490
  • Luxembourg — 490
  • Hungary — 488
  • Latvia — 488
  • Spain — 488
  • Italy — 486
  • Slovak Republic — 486
  • Slovenia — 485
  • Türkiye — 484
  • Norway — 480
  • Croatia — 470
  • Brunei — 468
  • United Arab Emirates — 467
  • Iceland — 466
  • Ukraine (17 regions) — 463
  • Viet Nam — 459
  • Malta — 458
  • Chile — 454
  • Thailand — 454
  • Uruguay — 454
  • Malaysia — 452
  • Greece — 448
  • Israel — 443
  • Qatar — 443
  • Costa Rica — 438
  • Moldova — 437
  • Albania — 436
  • Kazakhstan — 434
  • Mexico — 434
  • Mongolia — 434
  • Romania — 434
  • Serbia — 433
  • Montenegro — 429
  • Bulgaria — 423
  • Colombia — 423
  • Peru — 421
  • Saudi Arabia — 420
  • Uzbekistan — 420
  • Cyprus — 419
  • Georgia — 418
  • Brazil — 408
  • Ecuador — 408
  • Indonesia — 408
  • Jordan — 408
  • Philippines — 404
  • Argentina — 398
  • Azerbaijan — 398
  • El Salvador — 393
  • North Macedonia — 384
  • Kyrgyzstan — 376
  • Palestinian Authority — 376
  • Dominican Republic — 370
  • Morocco — 366
  • Lebanon — 365
  • Armenia — 362
  • Guatemala — 360
  • Kosovo — 358
  • Paraguay — 354
  • Kenya — 306

Index calculated combining data from Torre and PISA. Torre's data determines which skills and professional traits are in high demand. PISA's data comes from their just-released yearly global education assessment. The list includes only 84 countries with useful data: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/09/pisa-2025-results-volume-i_5265bfb1/73451bc5-en.pdf

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