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