Comment by Epa095
And still (or maybe because?) the resulting adults in Sweeden score above e.g Korea in both numeracy and adaptive problem solving (but slightly less than Japan). The race is not about being best at 16 after all.
https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?plotter=h5&prim...
https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?plotter=h5&prim...