According to an international Pirls study conducted in 57 countries, the reading and comprehension skills of French schoolchildren in CM1 class stabilized in 2021. With an average overall score of 514 points, the France is above the international average (500 points), but below the European average (527 points) In the 2021 study, 21 countries score higher than France.
Singapore (587), Hong Kong (573) and Russia (567) are the best performers. The leading countries in the European Union are Finland (549) and Poland (549).