The average student in Sweden scored 482 in reading literacy, maths and sciences, below the OECD average of 497. On average, girls outperformed boys by 20 points, much more than the average OECD gap of 8 points.
The best-performing school systems manage to provide high-quality education to all students. In Sweden, the average difference in results, between the students with the highest socio-economic background and the students with the lowest socio-economic is 84 points, lower than the OECD average of 96 points. This suggests the school system in Sweden provides relatively equal access to high-quality education.